# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=77 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 78 --- ## [Some webpages' information is useless, misleading, or even wrong!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-webpages-information-is-useless-misleading-or-even-wrong/817315)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2018, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-webpages-information-is-useless-misleading-or-even-wrong/817315 "2018-07-10T08:54:28Z")
. I think many Dopers will agree with this thread’s thesis as expressed in the title: Some webpages’ information is useless, misleading, or even Wrong! Still, it may be convenient to have a thread where examples can be… --- ## [That's what I get for having any opinion of soccer here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-i-get-for-having-any-opinion-of-soccer-here/817311)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-i-get-for-having-any-opinion-of-soccer-here/817311 "2018-07-09T19:10:37Z")
All right. Cards on the table. I’m closing in on 18 years on the SDMB. I’ve paid for that privilege for most of that time (although the price is very reasonable). There is one reason, and one reason alone, for that fa… --- ## [I saw my first Nazi today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-my-first-nazi-today/817396)
**Author:** [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-my-first-nazi-today/817396 "2018-07-09T04:40:04Z")
I’m not really sure where to put this but I figure that the pit is the right choice. So I was driving to work this morning and managed to get behind a car with a big annoying decal in its rear window. Being a normal par… --- ## [Sometimes I can't believe my eyes...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-cant-believe-my-eyes/817445)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-cant-believe-my-eyes/817445 "2018-07-08T16:32:17Z")
A forum I frequent just had someone post this: WTF is wrong with these people? Would they want to hang around anxiously chewing off their own fingernails in abject terror for absolutely no good reason if THEY where thi… --- ## [Building a fervent base: How Trump could gain zealots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-fervent-base-how-trump-could-gain-zealots/817498)
**Author:** [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2018, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-fervent-base-how-trump-could-gain-zealots/817498 "2018-07-08T00:26:02Z")
We all know about Trump’s base. They are dedicated. They are passionate. And, in spite of Internet Research Agency attempts to imply otherwise,\* their numbers have held fairly steady since Trump was inaugurated. No notic… --- ## [Screwing up the Wet Dream \[Dealing with elderly parents\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screwing-up-the-wet-dream-dealing-with-elderly-parents/817372)
**Author:** [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screwing-up-the-wet-dream-dealing-with-elderly-parents/817372 "2018-07-06T20:12:03Z")
Backstory: Mom had dementia. Which quickly progressed to forgetting how to swallow. This was not conductive to a long life. Two weeks after she passed beyond the rim, the Death Certificates showed up. With, of cours… --- ## [The Republican Party is Now the RePUTIN party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-now-the-reputin-party/817356)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-now-the-reputin-party/817356 "2018-07-06T18:43:23Z")
As I’ve been trying to explain to the optimists here, Mueller is just scratching the surface. It’s not just Trump that is flirting with Putin; it’s the entire Republican party. Russian oligarchs are taking advantage of … --- ## [Scott Pruitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pruitt/815360)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pruitt/815360 "2018-07-06T18:26:33Z")
I think that Mr. Pruitt has reached the point where he needs his own thread. The strange and expensive security measures, the lapses in judgement, the way he seems to continue to work for his previous employers even in … --- ## [Maxine Waters was named one of the "10 most wanted politicians of 2011"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxine-waters-was-named-one-of-the-10-most-wanted-politicians-of-2011/817203)
**Author:** [@ned12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ned12)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxine-waters-was-named-one-of-the-10-most-wanted-politicians-of-2011/817203 "2018-07-05T22:02:01Z")
If you put the word above in quotes again in quotes at google you will find the article showing Waters’s name on the list. The list also talks about how bad (now former) AG Eric Holder was with with fast and furious gun … --- ## [Sarah Huckabee Sanders deserves her own Pitting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-deserves-her-own-pitting/816659)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-deserves-her-own-pitting/816659 "2018-07-04T23:04:26Z")
So here it is. After being told by a restaurateur that she wasn’t welcome there, SHS tweeted the following: Ms. Sanders, the policies of you and your boss have needlessly and gratuitously turned the lives of thousands… --- ## [Peter Fonda is A Despicable, Nasty Piece of Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-fonda-is-a-despicable-nasty-piece-of-work/816537)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-fonda-is-a-despicable-nasty-piece-of-work/816537 "2018-07-04T20:39:28Z")
Calling for an 11 year old boy to be sodomised as a revenge on his father. Doesn’t matter what you think of Trump’s policies. You don’t start calling for horrific child abuse to make a political point. I hope the Secre… --- ## [I hate salsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-salsa/5691)
**Author:** [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-salsa/5691 "2018-07-04T04:55:11Z")
I hate everything about it…the chunks of stuff, the flavor, the texture…how can anyone eat this stuff? Yuck - gross - gag ~Bo~ http://www.spacestar.net/users/flattum/horsie.gif --- ## [Murdering reporters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-reporters/816973)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-reporters/816973 "2018-07-03T19:05:37Z")
Five dead at Annapolis Capital offices. This may or may not be instigated by Milo Yiannopoulos’s present “standard response to a request for comment.” But it happens. It happens lots of different places. Let’s have a … --- ## [Gross miscarriage of justice - the omnibus thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-miscarriage-of-justice-the-omnibus-thread/772097)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2018, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-miscarriage-of-justice-the-omnibus-thread/772097 "2018-07-03T15:04:01Z")
Man jailed for 28 years because neighbor ‘had a dream’. What the ever-loving fuck??? How, in the name of all that is Holy, could that have been enough to convict anybody??? I certainly hope that there is more to thi… --- ## [NRA decides the 1st Amendment is making them look bad, seeks limits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nra-decides-the-1st-amendment-is-making-them-look-bad-seeks-limits/814768)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2018, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nra-decides-the-1st-amendment-is-making-them-look-bad-seeks-limits/814768 "2018-07-03T12:49:47Z")
NRA wants Congress to set "limitations" on how the news can cover school shootings? “Gosh, we want restrictions on how the media can report on shootings!” So you want restrictions on the only amendment to come before t… --- ## [Bricker is becoming more and more like Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-becoming-more-and-more-like-trump/816261)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2018, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-becoming-more-and-more-like-trump/816261 "2018-07-03T06:33:27Z")
I just noticed that Bricker dropped this turd in a GD thread: You have to wonder, does he not believe in the spark of divinity, the dignity and worth of every person? It is, of course, Republicans who are eager to t… --- ## [Justice Kennedy retiring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-kennedy-retiring/816857)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 278\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-kennedy-retiring/816857 "2018-07-02T23:45:52Z")
We are all screwed. --- ## [Melania Trump is a piece of shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-is-a-piece-of-shit/816555)
**Author:** [@fervour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fervour)\ **Replies:** 318\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-is-a-piece-of-shit/816555 "2018-07-02T21:42:37Z")
If you wondered if she was for real. Here it is. She wore anI-really-don’t-care jacket to visit imprisoned children. --- ## [Stop claiming it was a joke, you piece of crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-claiming-it-was-a-joke-you-piece-of-crap/815075)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 382\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-claiming-it-was-a-joke-you-piece-of-crap/815075 "2018-06-30T22:44:56Z")
Rosanne Barr makes a racist remark about a former Obama administration woman on Twitter and is called out for it. She apologizes for her bad ‘joke’. Oh fuck no. Racists and Bullies make offensive, insulting, sexist an… --- ## [June, What's Bugging You Now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 323\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241 "2018-06-29T22:45:36Z")
I’ll tell you straight up. My biggest pet peeve now is, well, let’s call them people, riding bicycles, scooters, and even motorcycles and those riders deciding it’s the “in thing” to pass a stopped bus at a freaking bus … --- ## [Partying like it's 1859: let's break up families just like we did in the slave days!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partying-like-its-1859-lets-break-up-families-just-like-we-did-in-the-slave-days/814965)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partying-like-its-1859-lets-break-up-families-just-like-we-did-in-the-slave-days/814965 "2018-06-29T01:30:20Z")
I guess everybody’s heard by now that the Trump Administration is separating children - even as young as just over one year old - from their parents when they try to cross into the U.S. And of course, Trump’s blaming it… --- ## [Florida: 5 Teens Mock, Don't Help Drowning Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-5-teens-mock-dont-help-drowning-man/791811)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-5-teens-mock-dont-help-drowning-man/791811 "2018-06-25T22:12:23Z")
Video: Article: No criminal charges. These teens are total garbage. --- ## [Should the republicans distance themselves from the current president?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-republicans-distance-themselves-from-the-current-president/816276)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-republicans-distance-themselves-from-the-current-president/816276 "2018-06-23T17:50:02Z")
In the light of Donald Trrmp’s anti-FBI rant a few Republicans have gone on record saying such acts basically hand the country over to the Democrats. So I’d like to ask. Should republicans distance themselves from the c… --- ## [Environmental Impact of Wind Energy (and excuses made for it)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/environmental-impact-of-wind-energy-and-excuses-made-for-it/791156)
**Author:** [@eg8576736](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eg8576736)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/environmental-impact-of-wind-energy-and-excuses-made-for-it/791156 "2018-06-22T17:57:11Z")
Thus far, 1/4 million large white towers have been installed on farmland and mountaintops around the world, radically altering the look of those places, and killing birds and bats in large numbers; especially bats, which… --- ## [Hey Hey Donnie J](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-hey-donnie-j/816449)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-hey-donnie-j/816449 "2018-06-21T20:25:31Z")
In honor of the famous “hey hey LBJ how many kids did you kill today?” I think we need a version for Trump. Possible suggestions: How many kids did you jail today? How many kids do you lose today? How many kids did y… --- ## [Who the hell does she think she is](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-does-she-think-she-is/816358)
**Author:** [@Letizio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Letizio)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2018, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-does-she-think-she-is/816358 "2018-06-21T04:03:01Z")
My wife cleaned out our savings account went and filed for a divorce filed for full custody moved herself and her kid 9 years.our two kids 3 years and 9 months into her grandmas and are living in one bedroom. Post part… --- ## [Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgenstern/816064)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgenstern/816064 "2018-06-19T17:21:38Z")
Morgenstern has been irritating people lately. (I have a gift for understatement.) It’s gotten to where if you start a word with “M” people spit and cross the street. Some of you are going to come after me for this. Sunn… --- ## [Male Centrism at the Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-centrism-at-the-dope/815437)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 973\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-centrism-at-the-dope/815437 "2018-06-19T13:14:12Z")
We’ve had a few discussions here recently about whether women are being overly sensitive about content, or why women can’t just ignore things. We’re not being overly sensitive, and we can’t ignore it because there’s a co… --- ## [Mass shooting near me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-near-me/816267)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-near-me/816267 "2018-06-19T01:12:51Z")
At 3am this morning our Trenton All Night Art Fest was shot up. Though it’s not being called a mass event and is being radically under-reported, I’d say 17 shot, two dead, and one likely-to-die fulfills the description. … --- ## [One of the worst scammers fined, but not enough](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worst-scammers-fined-but-not-enough/816291)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-worst-scammers-fined-but-not-enough/816291 "2018-06-19T00:13:39Z")
This is Parmjit Singh Brar, the operator of Genius Technologies, LLC and Avangatee Services, LLC who is accused of His fine was $7.5 million, and he paid less than 2% of that. Since his income has been estimated to b… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=76) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=78)