# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=8 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 9 --- ## [Killing Fishermen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-fishermen/1024853)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-fishermen/1024853 "2025-11-15T02:29:24Z")
Trump is blowing up boats in the Caribbean and Pacific, claiming without evidence that they are drug traffickers. International law says the military cannot kill civilians unless they pose an imminent threat of violence… --- ## [Speaking of bailing out Argentina](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-bailing-out-argentina/1024818)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-bailing-out-argentina/1024818 "2025-11-13T17:20:23Z")
Ignore the lips. The message is important. --- ## [Rich foreigners paid to shoot civilians during siege of Sarajevo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-foreigners-paid-to-shoot-civilians-during-siege-of-sarajevo/1024807)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-foreigners-paid-to-shoot-civilians-during-siege-of-sarajevo/1024807 "2025-11-13T17:09:51Z")
Fucking rich arseholes! Wealthy foreign gun enthusiasts paid Bosnian Serb forces for the chance to shoot residents of Sarajevo during the siege of the city during the 1990s, according to claims being investigated by It… --- ## [I pit Zionism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-zionism/1018840)
**Author:** [@natureboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/natureboy)\ **Replies:** 288\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-zionism/1018840 "2025-11-11T06:36:19Z")
Because Zionism is responsible for the very crimes it fled Europe from, and also because it is hijacking American politics. --- ## [I’m going to pit this man who assaulted the Mexican President and all men like him](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-going-to-pit-this-man-who-assaulted-the-mexican-president-and-all-men-like-him/1024631)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-going-to-pit-this-man-who-assaulted-the-mexican-president-and-all-men-like-him/1024631 "2025-11-10T03:39:21Z")
This video just makes me physically ill. --- ## [The poetry of Donald Trump - Special South Somewhere edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-trump-special-south-somewhere-edition/1024613)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-trump-special-south-somewhere-edition/1024613 "2025-11-07T16:13:37Z")
Our nation’s poet has offered us another glimpse of his special genius. This time he has chosen geography as his theme. For generations, Miami has been a haven for those fleeing communist tyranny in South Africa. I m… --- ## [Season of the Kvetch (October mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-of-the-kvetch-october-mini-rants/1023563)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 379\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-of-the-kvetch-october-mini-rants/1023563 "2025-11-06T23:44:39Z")
Continuing the discussion from Pee-ew in September (September mini rants): It’s now time to stress about Halloween. I generally love the holiday but every year we get more and more trick-or-treaters. Last year we went… --- ## [Shitterelli Scumbags Trying to Steal the Election in NJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitterelli-scumbags-trying-to-steal-the-election-in-nj/1024571)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2025, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitterelli-scumbags-trying-to-steal-the-election-in-nj/1024571 "2025-11-05T02:22:43Z")
We now have suddenly lots of bomb threats in NJ at the polling places where Democrats have majorities. Fuck Trump and his ugly faced French Tickler, Shitterelli. --- ## [Fairfax County, Va public schools being investigated about staff taking girls to get abortions without parental consent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013 "2025-11-03T17:56:37Z")
Folks, yes, I know, there’s been a long-running urban legend that public schools (always public schools, folks; private schools would NEVER do this, oh no) take girls to get abortions during the school day without the pa… --- ## [Christmas Commercials Already?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-commercials-already/1023136)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-commercials-already/1023136 "2025-11-02T00:27:10Z")
Here it is, mid-September and I’ve seen my first Christmas commercial on television, this one for Summit Hill artificial Christmas trees. Has anyone seen any Christmas commercials earlier than this? --- ## [The Float-Up Bar/Restaurant Shooter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-float-up-bar-restaurant-shooter/1023453)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-float-up-bar-restaurant-shooter/1023453 "2025-10-31T02:20:10Z")
What The Ever-Loving Fuck! I’m shocked by this on so many levels. First of all, when on vacation near the water, who hasn’t taken a date to a nice seafood restaurant? The crowd is higher class, often a better vintage… --- ## [Mary Trump recites donald](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-trump-recites-donald/1024424)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-trump-recites-donald/1024424 "2025-10-30T18:33:46Z")
I think this is pretty funny/ scary. It’s his words verbatim. --- ## [Our backflow device was stolen, so we didn’t have water](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-backflow-device-was-stolen-so-we-didn-t-have-water/1024341)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-backflow-device-was-stolen-so-we-didn-t-have-water/1024341 "2025-10-28T02:05:27Z")
Early Saturday morning, around 3 am (we later determined) the backflow prevention device for my townhouse complex was stolen. I guess for the metals. The thieves literally sawed the device off, leaving bare pipes stickin… --- ## ["Conservapedia": The Right's answer to Wikipedia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-rights-answer-to-wikipedia/394731)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-rights-answer-to-wikipedia/394731 "2025-10-24T16:16:40Z")
News to me they even thought they had any reason to provide an answer to the Wikipedia, but, according to the new Conservapedia website: Let’s see . . . here’s something from the page on dinosaurs: Nope, no “politica… --- ## [Beyyyaaaarrrggghhh! (Plumbing disaster)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858 "2025-10-24T15:45:26Z")
Water poured through the ceiling of my condo bathroom this week. In the wee hours. The condo upstairs is vacant, office closed, no answer on the condo emergency number, so nobody to shut the water off. Next day, the o… --- ## [DHS's new Luxury Jets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dhss-new-luxury-jets/1024216)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dhss-new-luxury-jets/1024216 "2025-10-23T23:07:16Z")
Somehow it follows that, if it’s imperative that Kristi Gnome have a new party plane, then it has to be a top-of-the-line Gulfstream G700. Two of them, to be precise. For her and her burly entourage. There should be a f… --- ## [We'll be there between 1pm and 3pm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-be-there-between-1pm-and-3pm/1023893)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-be-there-between-1pm-and-3pm/1023893 "2025-10-17T16:34:00Z")
We all know this bullshit. But OK, that’s a reasonable window. Then "We’ll be there between 11:30 and 3:30. Umm. Ok… 3:30 rolls past… We’ll be there by 5:30! Me “Fuck it” my wife head out to a bar/restaurant we want t… --- ## [Stephen Miller - Heinrich Himmler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-miller-heinrich-himmler/1020151)
**Author:** [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-miller-heinrich-himmler/1020151 "2025-10-15T18:50:30Z")
Continuing the discussion from NYC Mayor election thread: I just did an image search on Heinrich Himmler, then on Stephan Miller. There really is an uncanny resemblance. If Miller grew a mustache, they could be brothe… --- ## [This Just In: Musk to create fleets of MurderKillBots!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-musk-to-create-fleets-of-murderkillbots/1023994)
**Author:** [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-musk-to-create-fleets-of-murderkillbots/1023994 "2025-10-15T15:36:34Z")
Over this past weekend, xAI took delivery of several truckloads of Cybertrucks. It’s unclear whether those counted toward that pathetic third-quarter showing or whether this is intended to shore up flagging numbers for … --- ## [Reddit's stupid anti-violence censorship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddits-stupid-anti-violence-censorship/1023677)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddits-stupid-anti-violence-censorship/1023677 "2025-10-10T20:19:32Z")
WTF is up with Reddit these days? I’ve gotten dinged twice in the past couple of months for posts that were describing figurative violence, or hypotheticals, and recently got my account permanently banned. It’s like th… --- ## [Because Some Assgaskets Will Get Pissed If I Bump the Thread (Update on 20 year old murder thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-some-assgaskets-will-get-pissed-if-i-bump-the-thread-update-on-20-year-old-murder-thread/1023813)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-some-assgaskets-will-get-pissed-if-i-bump-the-thread-update-on-20-year-old-murder-thread/1023813 "2025-10-10T03:57:46Z")
19 years ago, a Doper gave an account of waking up and finding out that the police had murdered his elderly neighbor in this thread: My 90 year old neighbor is shot down by the po-pos The Intercept has just released a p… --- ## [I Pit "Cafe Society" people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051)
**Author:** [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Replies:** 647\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051 "2025-10-09T13:09:21Z")
CAN’T YOU FCKING PEOPLE MAKE YOUR OWN REUBENS? FFS Or do you need “Americas Test Cooking” (sponsored by) or “Alton Brown” or “Kenji Alt” to make you believe you don’t know what a reuben is… Hellmans’ is shit, and has… --- ## [South Carolina District Court Judge Diane Goodstein's vacay home destroyed in explosion; injuries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-carolina-district-court-judge-diane-goodsteins-vacay-home-destroyed-in-explosion-injuries/1023712)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-carolina-district-court-judge-diane-goodsteins-vacay-home-destroyed-in-explosion-injuries/1023712 "2025-10-09T11:25:29Z")
The beachfront home of South Carolina District Court Judge Diane Goodstein was destroyed in an explosion yesterday, sending several of her family members to the hospital. Her husband, ex-Senator Arnold Goodstein, suffere… --- ## [Problematic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problematic/1023752)
**Author:** [@melaniethewitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melaniethewitch)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problematic/1023752 "2025-10-07T19:38:29Z")
Hello, im Melanie :3 I’m here now to talk about problematic topics without judgement this thread is going to be based on this iceberg credits to the op of the iceberg and without further Ado let’s start. Logan and Jak… --- ## [Texas "anti-anime" law kicks in, already having fallout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-anti-anime-law-kicks-in-already-having-fallout/1023023)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-anti-anime-law-kicks-in-already-having-fallout/1023023 "2025-10-06T18:50:16Z")
The language and intent of the law is vague enough to potentially include vast amounts of widely available anime and manga, (This topic came up in the nutty “demons and porn” thread weeks ago but has been declared off-to… --- ## [Gobb is Pitted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gobb-is-pitted/1023604)
**Author:** [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gobb-is-pitted/1023604 "2025-10-06T00:22:12Z")
Joined 14 hours ago and has started 2 threads pushing right wing talking points. Feigning ignorance to farm outrage. Block or wait for the inevitable ban, but don’t engage. --- ## [Jimmy Kimmel pulled indefinitely from the air after comments about GOP response to Charlie Kirk’s death (Kimmel will be back on air Tuesday 2025-09-23)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140 "2025-10-05T15:55:15Z")
ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live off the air indefinitely after he made comments about Charlie Kirk’s death that caused Republicans to lose their shit. In his opening monologue for Monday night’s show, Kimmel suggest… --- ## [You're not American, why do you care?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-american-why-do-you-care/1023116)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-american-why-do-you-care/1023116 "2025-10-03T02:27:03Z")
I’ve been accused of being ‘concerned’ about US politics because I’m not American. Others’ from foreign lands have had the same thrown at them here on this board. Just for your information, shit that happens in the US h… --- ## [Conservatives want to recreate Feudalism and Fuck them for it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-want-to-recreate-feudalism-and-fuck-them-for-it/1023513)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-want-to-recreate-feudalism-and-fuck-them-for-it/1023513 "2025-10-01T16:09:09Z")
The radicalism of the 1960s freaked conservatives the fuck out. They saw it as the natural outcome of a prosperous and happy middle class. It was then they decided the most stable form of governance was a system of Feuda… --- ## [Pee-ew in September (September mini rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-ew-in-september-september-mini-rants/1022657)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 338\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-ew-in-september-september-mini-rants/1022657 "2025-10-01T13:26:29Z")
I’m currently lying on the floor with my thighs elevated because I cannot be trusted to perform simple tasks correctly. I shave in the shower. I get a closer shave that way, and I get to hang out in the warm water for … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=9)