# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1002 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1003 --- ## [Resolved: the Russian oligarchs will not remove Putin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-russian-oligarchs-will-not-remove-putin/962270)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-russian-oligarchs-will-not-remove-putin/962270 "2022-09-10T20:16:24Z")
I am hearing a common refrain in the discourse around the Russian domestic situation: If and when the oligarchs who hold the real power get fed up, Putin’s reign will be ended. I say this is nonsense. I say this will no… --- ## [Road trip EV vs Gas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-ev-vs-gas/971080)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-ev-vs-gas/971080 "2022-09-10T19:02:11Z")
Taking a road trip in an internal-combustion-powered vehicle: Signs on the freeway saying “Next Gas: 50 miles” and “Gas This Exit” Gas stations have signs visible a mile away Gas stations often come with restrooms and… --- ## [Couy Griffin removed from office via 14th Amendment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couy-griffin-removed-from-office-via-14th-amendment/971074)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couy-griffin-removed-from-office-via-14th-amendment/971074 "2022-09-10T17:06:50Z")
Cowboys for Trump founder and Otero (NM) County Commissioner, Couy Griffin, has been removed from office by a judge’s ruling. The judge ruled that Griffin engaged in insurrection and he is barred from office for life in… --- ## [What to do with neodymium magnets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-neodymium-magnets/970019)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-neodymium-magnets/970019 "2022-09-10T16:32:14Z")
I have a collection of JuuL USB ecig chargers (since they are apparently disposable because you can’t buy a battery without one even though I only NEED a battery… I digress). There’s a 1/4" x 1/4" x 1/8" magnet that’s st… --- ## [Are you a cheap bastard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-cheap-bastard/970927)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-cheap-bastard/970927 "2022-09-10T14:36:00Z")
Leaving your parentage aside, how frugal are you? I consider frugality a virtue, and since I live alone these days, I can indulge myself in all sorts of virtuous behavior that would drive most people mad. I don’t go qui… --- ## [Why Did the Impromptu Male Fist Fight Decline (and is that statement factually correct?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-impromptu-male-fist-fight-decline-and-is-that-statement-factually-correct/969196)
**Author:** [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-impromptu-male-fist-fight-decline-and-is-that-statement-factually-correct/969196 "2022-09-10T13:47:25Z")
I just came across this small and not-prominently-placed 1920 news item while reading Neil Gabler’s An Empire of Thier Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood: Charlie Chaplin Mixes with Wife’s Manager I was born in 1955… --- ## [What freedoms have been lost under Joe Biden?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-freedoms-have-been-lost-under-joe-biden/971268)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-freedoms-have-been-lost-under-joe-biden/971268 "2022-09-10T12:44:57Z")
The obvious answer is none, but I hear snippets of MAGAt talking points, and freedoms lost under Biden is a recurring theme. I’ve never heard any of them give an example. Have they ever? --- ## [Oberlin college and free speech debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oberlin-college-and-free-speech-debate/836070)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oberlin-college-and-free-speech-debate/836070 "2022-09-10T05:13:27Z")
I dont know if this has been discussed, but I wanted to discuss the case of Oberlin college vs a local bakery. It seems that in 2016 a black student was confronted for shoplifting and him and 2 friends got into a fight w… --- ## [Hickory, dickory dock! Bad, bad, bad beckdawrek and the mystery of the clocks, and other varied and sundry small items. (well, one thing is kinda big)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012 "2022-09-10T04:27:53Z")
So…I got sprung from jail (ummm, I meant the rehab facility) I have to go go back tonight. I came in the house this morning. It’s obvious they had a fast clean up. But it’s was clean, I was happy. Son-of-a-Wrek is doi… --- ## [What is the rationale behind the idea that accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rationale-behind-the-idea-that-accepting-a-pardon-is-an-admission-of-guilt/971186)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rationale-behind-the-idea-that-accepting-a-pardon-is-an-admission-of-guilt/971186 "2022-09-10T01:39:54Z")
So I’ve read/heard this several places, most recently here. Why would this be the case. It would seem to me that the most obvious place in which a pardon would be appropriate would be when there has been a massive misc… --- ## [Old Sears Kenmore sewing machine woes: no zig-zag- help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sears-kenmore-sewing-machine-woes-no-zig-zag-help/554129)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sears-kenmore-sewing-machine-woes-no-zig-zag-help/554129 "2022-09-10T01:37:57Z")
I have a Model 1410 “Zig • Zag Sewing Machine”. It does straight, zig-zag, stretch, smock, satin, scallop, applique, blind hem, buttonhole stitching, etc. Except for that it’s not doing anything else but straight stitch… --- ## [Background viewing before This is Spinal Tap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-viewing-before-this-is-spinal-tap/971206)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-viewing-before-this-is-spinal-tap/971206 "2022-09-10T00:51:25Z")
My son is supposed to watch and do a commentary on a mockumentary, for school. One of the options is This is Spinal Tap and that’s what he wants to watch because he’s heard me raving about it. But I want him to enjoy it… --- ## [So I was in a car accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-in-a-car-accident/970289)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-in-a-car-accident/970289 "2022-09-09T22:48:59Z")
…and my vehicle is probably totaled. Nobody was injured, which is good news. And the accident was clearly not my fault; a tractor trailer backed into my car. The trucking company has already told me they will pay for t… --- ## [Help me understand "dark stores" and the problems they are causing in Paris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-dark-stores-and-the-problems-they-are-causing-in-paris/971235)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-dark-stores-and-the-problems-they-are-causing-in-paris/971235 "2022-09-09T22:42:09Z")
While reading the BBC website regarding the death of the Queen, this article regarding dark stores causing problems in Paris came up. Wikipedia has this to say about them. I had never heard of dark stores previousl… --- ## [Which U.S. east-west interstate highway is the most interesting to drive, start to finish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-east-west-interstate-highway-is-the-most-interesting-to-drive-start-to-finish/971277)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-east-west-interstate-highway-is-the-most-interesting-to-drive-start-to-finish/971277 "2022-09-09T22:32:00Z")
Reasoning appreciated! poll --- ## [Bay Area Dopers, how are you weathering this horrible heat wave?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopers-how-are-you-weathering-this-horrible-heat-wave/971067)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopers-how-are-you-weathering-this-horrible-heat-wave/971067 "2022-09-09T21:34:33Z")
And what’s the temperature in your town? It’s predicted to reach 113 degrees in my town today. We spent Labor Day weekend cowering indoors in the A/C, and keeping all other electrical devices turned off as much as poss… --- ## [Medical advice sought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-advice-sought/971159)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-advice-sought/971159 "2022-09-09T21:08:52Z")
70-year-old male, in reasonably good health. For many years, I would come down with a mysterious ailment approximately twice a year. Symptoms included fatigue, bad muscle aches, and general malaise, but never a fever. I… --- ## [CNN anchor Bernard Shaw dead at 82](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-anchor-bernard-shaw-dead-at-82/971260)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-anchor-bernard-shaw-dead-at-82/971260 "2022-09-09T20:40:42Z")
CNN anchor Bernard Shaw dead at 82 He died yesterday. He was CNN’s first chief anchor, and I remember him covering the first gulf war. He was a good reporter. And he was a Corporal in the Marine Corps too. Rest In Peac… --- ## [Barbara Ehrenreich RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbara-ehrenreich-rip/971150)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbara-ehrenreich-rip/971150 "2022-09-09T20:21:58Z")
I was so sad to learn this. Barbara Ehrenreich has died. She’s probably best known for her book Nickel and Dimed, but personally, I much preferred her Brightsided. It was a devastating look at toxic positivity, or the… --- ## [Why are identical twins not EXACTLY identical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-identical-twins-not-exactly-identical/969641)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-identical-twins-not-exactly-identical/969641 "2022-09-09T19:01:46Z")
The way I understand it, identical twins have the exact same DNA. So why are some slightly differently sized and why do they have variations in their faces, to the point where you can usually differentiate between them?… --- ## [TJHSST Admissions process illegally discriminates against asians (UPDATE)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tjhsst-admissions-process-illegally-discriminates-against-asians-update/960375)
**Author:** [@damuriajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/damuriajashi)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tjhsst-admissions-process-illegally-discriminates-against-asians-update/960375 "2022-09-09T18:12:13Z")
An update on this thread: Selective Magnet School in Virginia moving towards a lottery system A federal court sided with plaintiffs and found that impermissible “racial balancing” was at the core of the plan to overhau… --- ## [Hypothetical: South Korea absorbs North Korea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-south-korea-absorbs-north-korea/971136)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-south-korea-absorbs-north-korea/971136 "2022-09-09T17:48:22Z")
Continuing the discussion from A modest proposal: South Korea buys North Korea: I think this is a interesting to consider regardless of the fantastical nature of the hypothetical. Premise: North Korea is dissolved and … --- ## [Should buy an electric lawnmower?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-buy-an-electric-lawnmower/970854)
**Author:** [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-buy-an-electric-lawnmower/970854 "2022-09-09T17:35:29Z")
My trusty Toro has died a noble death after fighting the good fight lo these many years. I need to secure a replacement in the nearish future and it seems it might be time for an electric mower. My yard is quite small an… --- ## [Test thread. Ignore.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-ignore/971246)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-ignore/971246 "2022-09-09T17:03:19Z")
Title testing. ETA: K. So you can’t end a thread’s title with a period. That’s just weird. ETA2: Moving from ATMB to Site Feedback. ETA3: Apparently, from a test on another board, even the mods don’t have period-addin… --- ## [Blog (or other content) solution for existing website](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blog-or-other-content-solution-for-existing-website/971146)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blog-or-other-content-solution-for-existing-website/971146 "2022-09-09T16:49:38Z")
I would like to create a blog or other media repository on a website which I do not have direct control over (the website is owned by my employer but managed by a third party). I can get them to do whatever I want so lon… --- ## [Looking for emergency radio to purchase](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-emergency-radio-to-purchase/965846)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-emergency-radio-to-purchase/965846 "2022-09-09T15:48:50Z")
I’m in the U.S. We occasionally vacation at a small lake in Ontario, Canada. Cell phone reception is pretty much non-existent there. This is a concern if we’re out on the boat and run in to trouble. We have plans to vis… --- ## [Is there a SCIF on Air Force One?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-scif-on-air-force-one/971265)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-scif-on-air-force-one/971265 "2022-09-09T15:26:14Z")
If the President wants to look at something very secret on his plane, do we know if there is a special secure room built into the plane? --- ## [Paqui One Chip Challenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paqui-one-chip-challenge/970568)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paqui-one-chip-challenge/970568 "2022-09-09T14:35:27Z")
A single tortilla chip, flavored with Carolina Reaper and Scorpion peppers. Sold in a coffin-shaped box for a ridiculous price, with warnings for anyone overly sensitive or allergic to capsaicin. Advice to wash your hand… --- ## [I have 2 graphics on my computer that will NOT go away!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-2-graphics-on-my-computer-that-will-not-go-away/971166)
**Author:** [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-2-graphics-on-my-computer-that-will-not-go-away/971166 "2022-09-09T13:26:58Z")
Both graphics are in the lower right hand corner of the monitor. One graphic states “Set Default Language” followed by that message translated into 4 languages which is followed by 5 flag graphics. The graphic to the r… --- ## [Colorized 19th and early century videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorized-19th-and-early-century-videos/971039)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorized-19th-and-early-century-videos/971039 "2022-09-09T13:23:26Z")
There is this channel that I subscribe to which colorizes old videos. It makes the place look more real somehow than black and white versions When I look at the kids, I wonder how many died in the trenches… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1001) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1003)