# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1017 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1018 --- ## [Jim\_B has been banned for violating the Terms of Service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-b-has-been-banned-for-violating-the-terms-of-service/968872)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-b-has-been-banned-for-violating-the-terms-of-service/968872 "2022-07-31T16:51:06Z")
Jim\_B is being banned for a history of not following our rules and ignoring moderator guidance. He has broken the cardinal rule (don’t be a jerk) specifically by posting hate speech. That and other rule violations are do… --- ## [I've decided to retire my truck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-to-retire-my-truck/970327)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-to-retire-my-truck/970327 "2022-08-25T18:00:53Z")
I’ve posted many times about my Envoy Denali’s troubles but now it’s gotten to the point where I cannot keep the oil pressure up at a idle once it has warmed up. Pretty sure the oil pump will completely fail any day now… --- ## [Lyrics of Eagle's song Hotel California](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-of-eagles-song-hotel-california/459488)
**Author:** [@deedeewp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deedeewp)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-of-eagles-song-hotel-california/459488 "2022-08-25T17:35:22Z")
In this song, reference is made to ‘pink champagne on ice’ and I remeber reading somewhere that this was a drug for treatment of schizophrenia, that had to be injected cold or it was too thick to go through the hypodermi… --- ## [Project Veritas gets their homes searched](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-veritas-gets-their-homes-searched/953859)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-veritas-gets-their-homes-searched/953859 "2022-08-25T17:22:54Z")
Because of a diary purportedly from President Biden’s youngest daughter. :thinking: :face\_with\_raised\_eyebrow: I’m curious to hear the details about how this diary was “abandoned”. --- ## [Sean Connery's personal aston-Martin DB-4 sells for $2.4M](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-connerys-personal-aston-martin-db-4-sells-for-2-4m/970243)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-connerys-personal-aston-martin-db-4-sells-for-2-4m/970243 "2022-08-25T17:11:13Z")
Connery disliked being associated with Bond by the mid-1960s, but that didn’t stop him from playing the riole two more times after he quit it in 1967 (in 1971 and 1983). And he apparently really liked the Aston Martin, f… --- ## [Any Google Voice Users.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-google-voice-users/800934)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-google-voice-users/800934 "2022-08-25T17:07:56Z")
Decided to give Google voice a try and see if it’s useful for me. If you’re not familiar with it, one new number will ring my home phone and cell. Also converts voice mail to texts. Probably other stuff I don’t know abo… --- ## [He Hate Me Keeper League 2021 - Year 19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-keeper-league-2021-year-19/948348)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-keeper-league-2021-year-19/948348 "2022-08-25T15:57:58Z")
SDMB He Hate Me Keeper League Can Dave become the first-time threepeater? Can anyone stop NIN’s late-round keeper Josh Allen? Can Munch convince the league to finally get rid of kickers? Can we find enough replaceme… --- ## [What Penalty Do You Think is Appropriate For Torture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-penalty-do-you-think-is-appropriate-for-torture/970262)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-penalty-do-you-think-is-appropriate-for-torture/970262 "2022-08-25T15:52:16Z")
Using standard and internationally accepted definitions, what penalties would you deem appropriate for current or retired public officials who knowingly engage in activities unambiguously defined as torture, over an exte… --- ## [Drought-lowered European Rivers reveal WWII Nazi ships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drought-lowered-european-rivers-reveal-wwii-nazi-ships/970165)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drought-lowered-european-rivers-reveal-wwii-nazi-ships/970165 "2022-08-25T15:35:24Z")
We’re talking about Lake Powell and Lake Mead here in the US drying up, leaving intakes high and dry and revealing bodies and boats, but in Europe the rivers are also drying up. Near the mouth of the Danube this has reve… --- ## [Money and the economy should have no place in public health decisions…right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-and-the-economy-should-have-no-place-in-public-health-decisions-right/969672)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-and-the-economy-should-have-no-place-in-public-health-decisions-right/969672 "2022-08-25T14:37:59Z")
There’s a lot of criticism of the CDC’s recent lifting of recommendations involving quarantine and distancing. This includes a lot of implications, and outright stating, that the agency’s decisions are not scientifically… --- ## [The effects of a meteor impact on the world today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effects-of-a-meteor-impact-on-the-world-today/970267)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effects-of-a-meteor-impact-on-the-world-today/970267 "2022-08-25T14:15:31Z")
I was goofing around and found this meteor impact simulator. I input the following values; projectile diameter 100m, trajectory angle 45°, velocity of just under 20 km/s(call it 19.5 I guess, they had a dial instead of … --- ## [Can pre-purchased funeral/cremation plans be transferred if you move?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-pre-purchased-funeral-cremation-plans-be-transferred-if-you-move/970230)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-pre-purchased-funeral-cremation-plans-be-transferred-if-you-move/970230 "2022-08-25T13:23:24Z")
My Google-fu failed me, so I’m hoping maybe one of the Teeming Millions might know the answer. My inlaws have pre-paid cremation arrangements in Florida. We’re trying out best to get them to move close to use in Maryla… --- ## [Bunker Fuel; potential cause of global warming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bunker-fuel-potential-cause-of-global-warming/970186)
**Author:** [@shunnedempath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shunnedempath)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bunker-fuel-potential-cause-of-global-warming/970186 "2022-08-25T12:12:21Z")
I feel like out-there-annie over here, the red headed stepchild asking for clarification about global warming…Bunker Fuel could this be the cause of our global warming concerns? --- ## [Blocked users not quite working right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blocked-users-not-quite-working-right/970252)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blocked-users-not-quite-working-right/970252 "2022-08-25T12:03:48Z")
I have a poster who’s blocked. Someone replied to this poster, dividing the post they were replying to into multiple sections for various quotes. The first section was properly blank; the others were populated. Now that… --- ## ["What goes on the internet stays there forever" is that really true or just an old wives tale?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-the-internet-stays-there-forever-is-that-really-true-or-just-an-old-wives-tale/970091)
**Author:** [@thescrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thescrr)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-the-internet-stays-there-forever-is-that-really-true-or-just-an-old-wives-tale/970091 "2022-08-25T10:31:53Z")
If you post some images on the internet and it gets shared around, will stay on the internet forever or is that just an old wives tale or another way of saying you can remove from the internet but it’s really really har… --- ## [Why was everyone adding wheat germ in the 1970s and 1980s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-everyone-adding-wheat-germ-in-the-1970s-and-1980s/970120)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-everyone-adding-wheat-germ-in-the-1970s-and-1980s/970120 "2022-08-25T09:49:45Z")
What was behind the health conscious kick off adding wheat germ to everything in the 1970s and 1980s? Definitely always in cereal but also added to mixed veggies, pasta sauce, I even think my parents put it into frozen d… --- ## [Mystery Droplets on my ceiling and walls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-droplets-on-my-ceiling-and-walls/970261)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-droplets-on-my-ceiling-and-walls/970261 "2022-08-25T07:53:30Z")
In the exact center of my ceiling there is a strip about 12" wide that runs across my ceiling runs into the two adjoining walls and goes down the wall toward the floor like a horseshoe shape. The droplets look and dry ha… --- ## [Morbid: What would be the effect of electrocuting someone for 20 years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-what-would-be-the-effect-of-electrocuting-someone-for-20-years/969909)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-what-would-be-the-effect-of-electrocuting-someone-for-20-years/969909 "2022-08-25T03:27:27Z")
Some folks were discussing a real-life crime news story on Facebook and one over-zealous person commented: “Put her (the culprit) in the electric chair for 20 years.” To which someone else complained, “There would be not… --- ## [Inter-species protection from predators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inter-species-protection-from-predators/970048)
**Author:** [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inter-species-protection-from-predators/970048 "2022-08-25T03:06:07Z")
So I’m thinking about animals that will protect another species from predators. Humans have done this for thousands of years, mostly to protect livestock. Some ant species will have ‘livestock’ in the form of aphids, and… --- ## [Help with Windows 11 mouse pointer, please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-windows-11-mouse-pointer-please/970229)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-windows-11-mouse-pointer-please/970229 "2022-08-25T03:04:18Z")
Hi. I just jumped from W7 to W11, and I’m going nuts trying to change some things to look/act more like I’m used to. (Evidentially MS wants me to change, I’m resisting.) Current worst peeve is with the mouse pointer. … --- ## [Ronin question: "What color is the boathouse at Hereford?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronin-question-what-color-is-the-boathouse-at-hereford/214241)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronin-question-what-color-is-the-boathouse-at-hereford/214241 "2022-08-25T02:54:41Z")
In the DeNiro film Ronin there’s a minor character at the beginning – forget his name – who claims to be British ex-military, from Hereford. DeNiro puts him on the spot by demanding, “What color is the boathouse at Here… --- ## [History's Greatest Protein Bar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historys-greatest-protein-bar/970038)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historys-greatest-protein-bar/970038 "2022-08-25T01:45:19Z")
This will be impossible to believe, but I actually came across a protein bar that was completely, 100%, and utterly without any chococlate! Whatsoever! (and no yogurt, either!) And what may be this most unusual creature… --- ## [Who is the most extreme and unbelievable candidate Republicans are running this cycle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-extreme-and-unbelievable-candidate-republicans-are-running-this-cycle/968912)
**Author:** [@Temporary\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Temporary_Name)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-extreme-and-unbelievable-candidate-republicans-are-running-this-cycle/968912 "2022-08-25T01:39:05Z")
Here in Arizona we have an entire Rolodex full of extreme potential candidates, but after tomorrow each race will be limited to one specific conspiracy theorist on that side of the ballot. But other states have some can… --- ## [Are hotel reviews on tripadvisor dot com--believable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-hotel-reviews-on-tripadvisor-dot-com-believable/965256)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-hotel-reviews-on-tripadvisor-dot-com-believable/965256 "2022-08-24T22:46:43Z")
I’m looking for a hotel for a week to visit family in a typical midwestern city. All I need is a place to sleep ( because there’s no room in the family home. ) I don’t need any amenities For about $120 per night, mote… --- ## [Skin Treatments w/o Uncanny Valley](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skin-treatments-w-o-uncanny-valley/970235)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skin-treatments-w-o-uncanny-valley/970235 "2022-08-24T21:58:26Z")
In my experience/observation, most skin and beauty procedures - laser resurfacing, botox, etc. - create an effect that’s not-quite-right. Maybe you look better on a camera but, in person and up-close, there’s a strangene… --- ## [Any pick 'em or survival leagues this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pick-em-or-survival-leagues-this-year/970237)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pick-em-or-survival-leagues-this-year/970237 "2022-08-24T21:21:09Z")
Last year @SenorBeef ran several pools on Yahoo sports, but I haven’t seen anything about any contests this year. (Come to think of it, I haven’t seen any posts from @SenorBeef for several weeks.) If he isn’t running a… --- ## [Question about formation of elements heavier than Fe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-formation-of-elements-heavier-than-fe/970057)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-formation-of-elements-heavier-than-fe/970057 "2022-08-24T21:17:57Z")
This wikipedia article talks about how elements heavier than iron generally, and actinides (uranium etc) specifically are formed during supernova and also there is a mention that some/more/most(?) are formed during stell… --- ## [Directors with 2 great full length movies in one year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directors-with-2-great-full-length-movies-in-one-year/970034)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directors-with-2-great-full-length-movies-in-one-year/970034 "2022-08-24T20:13:48Z")
So which directors (please directors only) had two great movies in a single year? Mel Brooks 1974 Young Frankenstein & Blazing Saddles Spielberg 1993 Jurassic Park & Schindler’s List Honorable mention: Spielberg 1989… --- ## [Interesting article- SF progressive policies / failed city](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-article-sf-progressive-policies-failed-city/965882)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-article-sf-progressive-policies-failed-city/965882 "2022-08-24T20:07:36Z")
This article showed up in my Android news feed recently, and it’s pretty interesting. Basically the author posits that San Francisco is a city where the political fighting is between “leftists and liberals” and that the… --- ## [Unconstitutional Blaine amendments have been struck down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconstitutional-blaine-amendments-have-been-struck-down/966601)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconstitutional-blaine-amendments-have-been-struck-down/966601 "2022-08-24T19:46:06Z")
It’s been a long time coming, but states are no longer allowed to discriminate against religious schools, at least with regard to funding. Blaine amendments have a long, prejudiced, and thoroughly sordid history. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1016) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1018)