# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=10 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 11 --- ## [Almost-square packaging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-square-packaging/1034591)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-square-packaging/1034591 "2026-11-08T23:59:13Z")
I’ve noticed that half-gallon containers of milk and juice, as well as 1-lb packages of butter, aren’t quite square. They’re slightly narrower between two opposing sides and slightly wider between the other two. This mus… --- ## [As if Venezuela hasn't been through enough: 7.2 and 7.5 quakes (6/24/26)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-if-venezuela-hasnt-been-through-enough-7-2-and-7-5-quakes-6-24-26/1031171)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-if-venezuela-hasnt-been-through-enough-7-2-and-7-5-quakes-6-24-26/1031171 "2026-11-08T23:49:40Z")
I just heard on MSNOW that high casualties (as in 10,000 fatalities or more) are predicted. I sure hope that is not the case, and haven’t heard anything about tsunami alerts from this quake, or for that matter from the … --- ## [RIP Richard Lloyd of Television, 75](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-richard-lloyd-of-television-75/1034664)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-richard-lloyd-of-television-75/1034664 "2026-11-08T23:27:39Z")
I think if you measured output vs impact, Television’s and their album Marquee Moon would be high on the list (they had one other full studio album, Adventure), and a lot of that was his fabulous guitar exchanges with To… --- ## [Sta-Bil (gasoline treatment) reinvents itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sta-bil-gasoline-treatment-reinvents-itself/1034414)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sta-bil-gasoline-treatment-reinvents-itself/1034414 "2026-11-08T22:48:21Z")
For 60 years Sta-Bil has been the choice for adding to fuel that has to be stored. It works great. Things like snow blowers that sit for 9 months between uses start right up. Sta-Bil is heavily involved in all forms of m… --- ## [Formula One 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-one-2026/1028117)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-one-2026/1028117 "2026-11-08T22:42:50Z")
Flipped the calandar to March, and Hoo Boy! Just a week to go! :partying\_face: I predict the April races will get shit-canned, the way things are going right now… :unamused\_face: --- ## [Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene MUST GO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 2142\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895 "2026-11-08T22:03:19Z")
Have you heard about Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA 14)? She’s a prominent QAnon supporter; believes that the Parkland and Sandy Hook shootings were false flags; said that Hillary Clinton is behind school sh… --- ## [Image testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/image-testing/1034665)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/image-testing/1034665 "2026-11-08T21:40:33Z")
First try: --- ## [Wedding party, Party. (question about modern weddings)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-party-party-question-about-modern-weddings/1033613)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-party-party-question-about-modern-weddings/1033613 "2026-11-08T21:40:20Z")
We’ve all heard of bachelor parties and bachelorette parties. The Lil’wrekker is in a wedding Saturday. Friday they have rehearsal and rehearsal dinner (more about this). Apparently there’s a big wedding night sleepove… --- ## [USA--Could the Feds "Force" the States to Adopt Uniform Election Rules?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-could-the-feds-force-the-states-to-adopt-uniform-election-rules/1034607)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-could-the-feds-force-the-states-to-adopt-uniform-election-rules/1034607 "2026-11-08T21:17:07Z")
IMO Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) would be a much better way for people to vote in the US. But how to make that happen? We could wait for all the states to decide, one-by-one, to adopt it. Not good. Instead, could the fede… --- ## [Artificial Plants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artificial-plants/1034170)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artificial-plants/1034170 "2026-11-08T21:09:05Z")
I posted in the fence thread about planting jasmine along my mailbox and possibly along my side fence. But I’ve started getting ads for large outdoor artificial plants. Things like 4-foot agave, 6-foot palms and the li… --- ## [It is right and proper to want Israel categorically out of US politics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-right-and-proper-to-want-israel-categorically-out-of-us-politics/1034466)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-right-and-proper-to-want-israel-categorically-out-of-us-politics/1034466 "2026-11-08T20:12:43Z")
I took a stab at this in a previous thread. The underlying question is: How do we get Israel out of our politics? My proposal wasn’t really viable: recall the incoming Speaker for taking AIPAC money, send a message. Sava… --- ## [So - I've started my medical transition last week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-started-my-medical-transition-last-week/1033380)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-started-my-medical-transition-last-week/1033380 "2026-11-08T19:00:01Z")
Quick note to the folks who know me IRL: This is not your news to share. I am no where near my social transition at this time. Last November, I had a life shattering revelation. The long and short of it, is that I re… --- ## [The ATF has dropped all restrictions to owning short barreled rifles, silencers, etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atf-has-dropped-all-restrictions-to-owning-short-barreled-rifles-silencers-etc/1033733)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atf-has-dropped-all-restrictions-to-owning-short-barreled-rifles-silencers-etc/1033733 "2026-11-08T18:47:40Z")
For 70 years US citizens have had to pay a $200 tax and receive a stamp allowing them to make or purchase a short barreled rifle (SBR) , short barreled shotgun, a suppressor (silencer) or AOW (Any Other Weapon). The One … --- ## [Will Lisa Murkowski quit the Republicans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-lisa-murkowski-quit-the-republicans/1034675)
**Author:** [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-lisa-murkowski-quit-the-republicans/1034675 "2026-11-08T17:49:28Z")
Now that Senator Lisa Murkowski’s BFF Susan Collins has lost her election and it looks like the other senator from Alaska is going to be a Democrat, will Murkowski remain a loyal Republican, or will she become an indepen… --- ## [Reluctantly — Fuck Texas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 1305\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289 "2026-11-08T17:42:00Z")
Man, it kills me to write that title. I love this state. I love the food and the culture, I love the diversity. I bristle at the caricatures of Texans as a bunch of ignorant, braggadocious cowboys, knowing that the ov… --- ## [The Ziz cult](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ziz-cult/1014103)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ziz-cult/1014103 "2026-11-08T11:44:08Z")
This weird saga was first noted here in the Pit thread Evil MFers in the News. A shootout in Vermont turned out to be connected to a radically vegan cult of trans women that splintered from a rationalist movement and is … --- ## [Uncommented-on Inspirations for Novels and Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncommented-on-inspirations-for-novels-and-movies/1034399)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncommented-on-inspirations-for-novels-and-movies/1034399 "2026-11-08T11:36:14Z")
I’m fascinated about origins of things, and where ideas come from that are incorporated into popular entertainment. There are lots of sources for inspiration out there, some of which we’ve noted o this Board, some of wh… --- ## [How has the immigration crackdown benefitted us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-immigration-crackdown-benefitted-us/1025801)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-immigration-crackdown-benefitted-us/1025801 "2026-11-08T11:33:44Z")
I’m unable to see how the Trump administration’s actions on immigration have improved anything for anyone. ICE certainly seems to have engaged in some shady and disturbing practices and I can’t think of a single positive… --- ## [In (Gridiron) Football Scores, Do All Final Digits Occur Randomly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-gridiron-football-scores-do-all-final-digits-occur-randomly/979437)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-gridiron-football-scores-do-all-final-digits-occur-randomly/979437 "2026-11-08T08:37:36Z")
OK, you know how your favorite bar or your buddy from work sells squares on those grids of 100 squares (0-9 on x and y axes) and if the last digit in the final score of the Super Bowl matches yours\*, you win a prize? Her… --- ## [How Can Truth Social be worth $6 Billion? {Trump Media & Technology (DJT)}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-truth-social-be-worth-6-billion-trump-media-technology-djt/999202)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 1171\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-truth-social-be-worth-6-billion-trump-media-technology-djt/999202 "2026-11-08T06:35:18Z")
I don’t know if this is factual thread, an opinion thread, or a political thread. Trump owns 60% of Truth Social and will make out like a bandit. How it the world is it worth so much? I saw that in the third quarter o… --- ## [Ever confuse one actor for another?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757 "2026-11-08T06:29:49Z")
Just had one tonight, had one from 2 decades ago, not really quite Mandela Effect worthy (even if I have another example there from music I am pretty sure on), as faulty memory was likely responsible in both of the film … --- ## [Help me find a movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-movie/1034693)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-movie/1034693 "2026-11-08T03:27:14Z")
Google was no help. Can anyone identify this movie. It’s probably from the 1980s possibly the 1990s. A man’s wife has been killed in a car accident while backing out of their driveway. This man is recruited by a time t… --- ## [Identify this TV movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-tv-movie/1034666)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-tv-movie/1034666 "2026-11-08T01:33:51Z")
About all I remember of it is a subplot: while other events are going on, over a period of years or decades a man with a fascist and sado-masochist obsession about the trappings of police– the uniforms, the equipment bel… --- ## [Unconventional Prescriptions from Physicians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconventional-prescriptions-from-physicians/1034542)
**Author:** [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2026, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconventional-prescriptions-from-physicians/1034542 "2026-11-07T23:51:06Z")
My primary physician gave me unusual advice this afternoon. She works for Kaiser Permanente, a conventional US health care company. I called her this afternoon to ask what makes iron pills nutritionally available. She to… --- ## [Cars are a luxury item (and you might be in a bubble)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-are-a-luxury-item-and-you-might-be-in-a-bubble/1033041)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-are-a-luxury-item-and-you-might-be-in-a-bubble/1033041 "2026-11-07T23:49:49Z")
The average age of new cars (passenger cars + light trucks) in the US is almost 13 years old, the highest it’s ever been. The average length of a new car loan is almost 6 years, the longest it’s ever been. The average … --- ## [Asteroid burns up in Cleveland, OH area (3/16/2026)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531 "2026-11-07T23:38:53Z")
Scientists are estimating that this thing weighed 7 or 8 tons. We could have had another Chelyabinsk if things had been a little different! Did anyone here see or hear it? --- ## [Let's discuss minarchism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-minarchism/1034515)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2026, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-minarchism/1034515 "2026-11-07T23:13:03Z")
One thing I’ve taken away from all the debate and controversy today in American politics is that both the Left and the Right are equally terrified of what might happen if the overweening power of the government was firml… --- ## [The reign of King Charles III of the United Kingdom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 2357\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232 "2026-11-07T22:58:50Z")
The Queen is dead long live the King. May it be a glorious reign. A thread for the events of his reign --- ## [Omnibus Religious Fucks in the NEWS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 1382\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2026, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066 "2026-11-07T21:01:51Z")
I felt this needed it’s own thread. This is for news items about Priests, Nuns, Pastors, Rabbis, and Shaman in the news caught doing shit that their religions say is forbidden. And to complain about the comparatively li… --- ## [What Should the Democrats in Congress Do Now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-democrats-in-congress-do-now/1034667)
**Author:** [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-democrats-in-congress-do-now/1034667 "2026-11-07T18:37:18Z")
What Should the Democrats in Congress Do Now? Both during the remaining weeks of the lame-duck Congress, and during 2027-2028. (I found no appropriate extant thread for this. The automated software(?) calls my attention… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=11)