# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=78 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 79 --- ## [Jack Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-ruby/816281)
**Author:** [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-ruby/816281 "2018-06-17T20:37:01Z")
I’m sending Jack Ruby to the pit. Because the United States has a job that needs doing, and Lee Harvey Oswald is the only one in recent memory with a proven track record in that job. --- ## [The penalty for making a false allegation of rape? £200](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-penalty-for-making-a-false-allegation-of-rape-200/815896)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-penalty-for-making-a-false-allegation-of-rape-200/815896 "2018-06-17T05:29:19Z")
What the blazes was the Court thinking? Metro article here. A man’s life nearly ruined and she only gets a fine of £200? (And up to 15 days doing \[del\]f\*\*\* all\[/del\] ‘rehabilitation activity requirement’ and a 4 month… --- ## [Christopher Chope MP: complete c\*\*\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-chope-mp-complete-c/816158)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2018, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-chope-mp-complete-c/816158 "2018-06-16T06:44:19Z")
This blithering idiot has stalled two eminently sensible bills apparently simply because he doesn’t like private members’ bills. If that’s correct, he’s an idiot. The bills? One making upskirting illegal, the other maki… --- ## [Lesbians kissing in my uber? No ride for you!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-kissing-in-my-uber-no-ride-for-you/816021)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-kissing-in-my-uber-no-ride-for-you/816021 "2018-06-15T12:13:09Z")
And license suspension for Uber driver Ahmad El Boutari. First Colorado and now this. What century are these people living in, anyway? --- ## [TriPolar deserves a good pitting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-deserves-a-good-pitting/815858)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tripolar-deserves-a-good-pitting/815858 "2018-06-14T02:34:53Z")
https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21014262&postcount=37 What the fuck kind of nonsense is this fucking shit? Are you being deliberately thick or what? --- ## [I pit my client's awful landlady.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-clients-awful-landlady/815279)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-clients-awful-landlady/815279 "2018-06-13T03:32:14Z")
I pit my client’s awful landlady. Her husband is a lovely man whom we all loved for the many years that he managed the properties. When something was broken, he fixed it. If there was an issue, he’d just tell us, and we… --- ## [Rush Limbaugh brags about police escort; gets top cop in trouble! :smack:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-brags-about-police-escort-gets-top-cop-in-trouble-smack/813798)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-brags-about-police-escort-gets-top-cop-in-trouble-smack/813798 "2018-06-13T03:23:57Z")
:smack: --- ## [I am 100% certain that the NRA is trolling by making Oliver North their President](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-100-certain-that-the-nra-is-trolling-by-making-oliver-north-their-president/813779)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2018, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-100-certain-that-the-nra-is-trolling-by-making-oliver-north-their-president/813779 "2018-06-13T03:14:32Z")
Oliver North to become President of the National Rifle Association. There is absolutely no way in hell that this is not a deliberate troll job to generate annoyance/outrage on the left. Say what you will about Charlton… --- ## [Abortion: The One True Hill to die on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-the-one-true-hill-to-die-on/814401)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-the-one-true-hill-to-die-on/814401 "2018-06-10T17:36:32Z")
Ok, I get that Conservatives believe it to be murder, but their overwhelming emphasis on this matter, to the exclusion of all other moral issues, baffles me. Ok, yes, Murder, worse than many other things. Got it. But … --- ## [And another studio exec out the door #metoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-another-studio-exec-out-the-door-metoo/815727)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-another-studio-exec-out-the-door-metoo/815727 "2018-06-09T00:40:43Z")
Disney's John Lasseter, famed animator, to leave company following 'missteps'? \*Lasseter, who was the chief creative officer of Pixar and Disney Animation, took a leave of absence late last year following what he descri… --- ## [Half of Republicans Believe Trump's Illegal Vote Lie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-of-republicans-believe-trumps-illegal-vote-lie/815049)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-of-republicans-believe-trumps-illegal-vote-lie/815049 "2018-06-08T18:07:57Z")
From HuffPo, as quoted in Crooks and Liars… The tighty righties believe to their souls that they are the majority. That the only reason they ever lose elections is because of massive voter fraud. I have two question… --- ## [ABC News - Thanks for the Censorship!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-news-thanks-for-the-censorship/815626)
**Author:** [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-news-thanks-for-the-censorship/815626 "2018-06-08T00:40:46Z")
Recently, I started leaving comments at the ABCnews National website. This morning, I noticed a couple of my comments were missing, so I checked my Discus log and found two had been removed with no explanation. I can’t … --- ## [Really Guys? AKA Sexism on the Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-guys-aka-sexism-on-the-board/790633)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 317\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-guys-aka-sexism-on-the-board/790633 "2018-06-06T16:09:26Z")
First up - Projammer I want a trophy for starting a non-Trump Pit thread. Onwards to the Pitting In this recent thread on the gender breakdown of members on the Dope, we find this sterling interchange. A lovely little… --- ## [Woman plays music loudly, gets noise complaint, writes WaPo piece](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-plays-music-loudly-gets-noise-complaint-writes-wapo-piece/815019)
**Author:** [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-plays-music-loudly-gets-noise-complaint-writes-wapo-piece/815019 "2018-06-04T18:43:10Z")
Link Here’s how our story may appear to some. A woman celebrating played her music too loud and her neighbors called the cops with a noise complaint. Of course, since the woman was black and the music hip hop we know … --- ## [Chimera is a social justice warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimera-is-a-social-justice-warrior/793814)
**Author:** [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimera-is-a-social-justice-warrior/793814 "2018-06-03T19:22:11Z")
A few days ago Chimera made this post. The following day the New York Times ran an interesting story. When I saw Chimera’s post it seemed iffy to me, however there was enough ambiguity that I wasn’t sure Chimera w… --- ## [Admitted pedo running for office...And it gets worse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243 "2018-06-02T18:25:19Z")
This guy is running as an independent, so posting this in the SRIOTD thread wasn’t quite accurate. Nathan Larson, 37, is running for Congress in Virginia. Among his platforms: In case I’ve never made it clear, I’m a… --- ## [Mayday! Mayday! (minirants!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 438\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409 "2018-06-02T01:44:53Z")
You know those simplistic bromides that people insist on posting on Facebook and other social media sites? They need to be burned en masse in a public venue. My daughter, who, with what has gone on in her life, should kn… --- ## [Deutsche Bahn can suck a salty sausage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deutsche-bahn-can-suck-a-salty-sausage/813564)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2018, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deutsche-bahn-can-suck-a-salty-sausage/813564 "2018-06-01T07:19:46Z")
Deutsche Bahn. A massive public transit networked, owned by the titans of private industry. You can get anywhere in Germany from anywhere else in Germany with it. Truly a marvel of modern… yeah fuck this, Deutsche Bahn i… --- ## [Dildogate, Courtesy of Mountainside, NJ's Finest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dildogate-courtesy-of-mountainside-njs-finest/815105)
**Author:** [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2018, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dildogate-courtesy-of-mountainside-njs-finest/815105 "2018-06-01T06:30:13Z")
The police officers of Mountainside, NJ seem to have traded in the “thin blue line” for a floppy blue dildo known as “Big Blue.”. And Big Blue is the least of it The whole thing is so gloriously and fabulously appalling… --- ## [Nominations for worst cabinet secretary ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominations-for-worst-cabinet-secretary-ever/814887)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominations-for-worst-cabinet-secretary-ever/814887 "2018-05-30T19:00:18Z")
Who are the most loathsome, corrupt and/or worthless U.S. cabinet secretaries in all of history? This is the Nomination thread; after we have enough nominations we’ll start a Game Room thread to determine the grand winn… --- ## [Project Blitz - moving the United States toward theocracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-blitz-moving-the-united-states-toward-theocracy/814928)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-blitz-moving-the-united-states-toward-theocracy/814928 "2018-05-28T14:11:37Z")
A Christian Nationalist Blitz It has often been predicted that the end of democracy in America would be due to a right wing religious takeover. These folks want it to happen soon. --- ## [Skald the Rhymer is annoying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631)
**Author:** [@ScarletNumber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScarletNumber)\ **Replies:** 612\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2018, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-the-rhymer-is-annoying/627631 "2018-05-27T09:31:37Z")
Inspired by this thread. --- ## [Did the US secret police fail in its duty of maintaining regime stability during the 2016 election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-us-secret-police-fail-in-its-duty-of-maintaining-regime-stability-during-the-2016-election/814548)
**Author:** [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-us-secret-police-fail-in-its-duty-of-maintaining-regime-stability-during-the-2016-election/814548 "2018-05-25T21:39:03Z")
Bit of a rant I guess. The role of secret police is to maintain the stability of the domestic regime. Opposition should be carefully controlled and infiltrated in order to maintain that stability. Also, the appearance o… --- ## [So what happens when a bus driver makes an illegal U-turn on a busy highway? People die.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happens-when-a-bus-driver-makes-an-illegal-u-turn-on-a-busy-highway-people-die/814458)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happens-when-a-bus-driver-makes-an-illegal-u-turn-on-a-busy-highway-people-die/814458 "2018-05-24T21:59:45Z")
This is too stupid to believe. I’ve never driven in my life, yet I know that you don’t make U-turns or even back up on busy highways. EVER. Go to the next exit and go back. How can a professional bus driver be so stupi… --- ## [Joe Arpaio's trial starts today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-arpaios-trial-starts-today/789923)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-arpaios-trial-starts-today/789923 "2018-05-24T13:44:24Z")
I guess 26 June is just “Scumbags On Trial Day” or something. Is it like this every year and I just never noticed?\[ \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_ARIZONA\_SHERIFF\_CRIMINAL\_TRIAL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMP… --- ## [Get ready for a snowflake storm, Netflix has signed a deal with the Obamas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-ready-for-a-snowflake-storm-netflix-has-signed-a-deal-with-the-obamas/814570)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-ready-for-a-snowflake-storm-netflix-has-signed-a-deal-with-the-obamas/814570 "2018-05-24T01:31:09Z")
And the tighty righties are throwing a fit and proclaiming they’re boycotting Netflix. :rolleyes: --- ## [Just When I Thought I Couldn't Possibly Feel More Contempt for Governor Rauner...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-couldnt-possibly-feel-more-contempt-for-governor-rauner/814587)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-couldnt-possibly-feel-more-contempt-for-governor-rauner/814587 "2018-05-23T15:59:08Z")
Illinois’ Asshole in Chief does this!! GODDAMMIT!!! The ONE thing I could be proud of my state for doing in abolishing the death penalty, and this fucking jagoff makes noise about reversing it! Let me remind this moro… --- ## [It's the third week in May...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-third-week-in-may/814442)
**Author:** [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-third-week-in-may/814442 "2018-05-23T15:47:15Z")
…and not only is the heat still on, with the house set to hang meat, but it is necessary. WTF?? The dogwoods are fading, and either the lilacs are going to have a strong finish, or they are having a less-than-stellar y… --- ## [9 dollars for a mini pizza. Pizza hut express](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-dollars-for-a-mini-pizza-pizza-hut-express/814649)
**Author:** [@T-Minus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T-Minus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-dollars-for-a-mini-pizza-pizza-hut-express/814649 "2018-05-23T15:29:16Z")
How cow, their mini 4 slice pizza are expensive. That caught me off guard, for the grand total of 27 dollars I could of gotten five 5$ full sized pizzas from little Caesars. :eek: --- ## [Why do you like Donald Trump as President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-like-donald-trump-as-president/814064)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 521\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-like-donald-trump-as-president/814064 "2018-05-21T20:05:01Z")
I put this in the Pit because I know this is where it will end up. But I am curious as to why anyone supports him. Or would consider him for anything in government or any type of business deal at all. Be prepared to ba… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=77) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=79)