# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1069 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1070 --- ## [Why hasn't there more of a push for ocean colonization?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-there-more-of-a-push-for-ocean-colonization/967146)
**Author:** [@SmartBulbInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartBulbInc)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-there-more-of-a-push-for-ocean-colonization/967146 "2022-07-01T12:50:40Z")
I think that it is rather foolish that we are trying to conquer other planets while we have still only colonized 30% of our current planet. It would be significantly cheaper, more practical, and more in-line with a … --- ## [What rights should people have, and why? (and what the hey, how to balance them)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rights-should-people-have-and-why-and-what-the-hey-how-to-balance-them/966405)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2022, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rights-should-people-have-and-why-and-what-the-hey-how-to-balance-them/966405 "2022-07-01T07:38:23Z")
I’ve been reading a bunch of gun threads, and the gun advocates are very enamored of the right to carry a gun, and I keep thinking… Why? You have no right to fly a drone (there are a ton of legal restrictions, and they a… --- ## [Muslims and Jews on Temple Mount Who is currenty alllowed to pray where?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslims-and-jews-on-temple-mount-who-is-currenty-alllowed-to-pray-where/967015)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2022, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslims-and-jews-on-temple-mount-who-is-currenty-alllowed-to-pray-where/967015 "2022-07-01T07:05:46Z")
Are Jews still restricted to prayng at the “Wailing Wall” (or do they have wider access) and Muslims at Masjid Al-Aqsa or have things changed in that regard? Is the Waqf still present in their capacity as security on Te… --- ## [I just moved from the US to Scotland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-moved-from-the-us-to-scotland/967034)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2022, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-moved-from-the-us-to-scotland/967034 "2022-07-01T06:25:10Z")
I lived almost all of my life in the US, but just one month ago I permanently moved to Scotland. The US felt like it was falling apart to me, and it seems to have only gotten worse in the last month. So far I like most … --- ## [Dipshitglow calling posters dipshits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshitglow-calling-posters-dipshits/967217)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dipshitglow-calling-posters-dipshits/967217 "2022-07-01T04:23:14Z")
Are the other moderators content with aspenglow calling posters dipshits? I should think that moderators would retain some discretion even in the pit. --- ## [I see the bad June a-risin' (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 243\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-the-bad-june-a-risin-monthly-mini-rants/965477 "2022-07-01T04:10:13Z")
I had to work in one of my more distant offices today. (I do IT support for state government, and I have a few field offices that I’m responsible for.) I was determined to be out before noon today because I wanted to a… --- ## [Domestic Terrorism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domestic-terrorism/967222)
**Author:** [@Blue\_Thunderbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Thunderbird)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domestic-terrorism/967222 "2022-07-01T03:59:57Z")
I Couldn’t Make This Up.\[link removed\] --- ## [Four Out Inning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-out-inning/967207)
**Author:** [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2022, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-out-inning/967207 "2022-07-01T03:10:23Z")
Crazy play in major league baseball last night. The Pirates got a run because the Nationals failed to get four outs in an inning. Good explanation and video here To summarize…Bucs have runners at 2nd and 3rd with one … --- ## [Old bits that come into your head](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bits-that-come-into-your-head/967149 "2022-07-01T02:53:52Z")
I thought of a line from a stand-up routine. I had to look it up to remember where it was from. There’s the line: Richard Pryor: \[whispering\] Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. And I’m very happy that you came here.… --- ## [A different kind of life insurance (sci-fi hypothetical)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-different-kind-of-life-insurance-sci-fi-hypothetical/693482)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-different-kind-of-life-insurance-sci-fi-hypothetical/693482 "2022-07-01T02:21:05Z")
I’m currently reading Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan, which inspired this thread.\* Basic scenario is that due to the necessities of plot a couple of breakthrough technologies have become available in the near futur… --- ## [The Flash Season 8](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-season-8/954429)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-season-8/954429 "2022-07-01T01:05:54Z")
Season 8 of The Flash premieres tomorrow, Nov 16 on the CW. It’s going to start off with a five-episode crossover event entitled “Armageddon”. TRAILER SYNOPSIS A powerful alien threat arrives on Earth und… --- ## [Anyone else seriously considering leaving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale1)\ **Replies:** 462\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-seriously-considering-leaving/911483 "2022-07-01T00:14:31Z")
Don’t wish to host a pity party, and don’t suspect anyone will really care too much one way or the other, but I’m wondering if anyone else is thinking that it isn’t worth trying to figure out the new site. Yeah, I’m pre… --- ## [What kind of a lottery strategy is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-lottery-strategy-is-this/966914)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-lottery-strategy-is-this/966914 "2022-06-30T23:00:10Z")
Guy follows this strategy, wins $100,000 smackers. The strategy was outlined in an episode of “Lottery change my life”. To wit: play 25$ a week for 3 months. What F’d up strategy is that? Was there something more to it o… --- ## [Working on a PHD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-on-a-phd/965814)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-on-a-phd/965814 "2022-06-30T22:43:53Z")
I hate to ask the person in question so I will ask some perfect strangers. If a person graduated college 20 years ago and in passing conversations over the years says, " I am still working on my PHD". What does this actu… --- ## [Anyone Ever Do an Estate Sale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-an-estate-sale/967154)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-an-estate-sale/967154 "2022-06-30T22:13:59Z")
Before we put our parents’ house/farm up for sale, we’d like to sell of items none of us want to keep but other people may be able to use. Anything to watch out for with companies that do estate sales? --- ## [Ought a 7-yr old comb their hair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ought-a-7-yr-old-comb-their-hair/967178)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ought-a-7-yr-old-comb-their-hair/967178 "2022-06-30T22:11:47Z")
We have 2 granddaughters, aged 7 and 2. They are delightful girls and we love spending time with them and their parents. This is a VERY minor issue, but their mother (our daughter) rarely (if ever) has them comb their … --- ## [Track width on cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-width-on-cars/967198)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-width-on-cars/967198 "2022-06-30T22:00:10Z")
Some cars appear to have front and rear tires that have the same track (distance between left and right side tires), some have rear tires that are bit further apart than the front and some the opposite ( I think). What d… --- ## [Good country music songs named after cities or states](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-country-music-songs-named-after-cities-or-states/932233 "2022-06-30T21:33:05Z")
I’m putting this in the Café rather than Thread Games because you have to come up with a good country music song that’s named after a city or state, not just some random song. I plan to put these on a playlist for my li… --- ## [Why is the Gabby Petito case getting so much coverage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-gabby-petito-case-getting-so-much-coverage/951080)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-gabby-petito-case-getting-so-much-coverage/951080 "2022-06-30T21:20:48Z")
I don’t want anyone’s’ daughter, fiancee or friend, whatever to go missing. She doesn’t seem to be a celebrity. Surely there must be other missing people who are not getting hourly updates in the news. --- ## [Can a court challenge someone pleading the 5th (self incrimination)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-court-challenge-someone-pleading-the-5th-self-incrimination/967186)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-court-challenge-someone-pleading-the-5th-self-incrimination/967186 "2022-06-30T21:15:15Z")
We see it a lot in testimony before congress where the person giving the testimony pleads the 5th on every question asked. Is pleading the 5th a 100% surefire protection against anything asked? If the committee asks th… --- ## [Do right-handed swordfighters have a natural advantage against left-handed ones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-right-handed-swordfighters-have-a-natural-advantage-against-left-handed-ones/967155)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-right-handed-swordfighters-have-a-natural-advantage-against-left-handed-ones/967155 "2022-06-30T19:14:34Z")
In The Princess Bride, Inigo Montoya decides to duel Westley left-handed, as it’s the only way he can be satisfied and have a match of decent length, or so he thinks. Inigo thus starts off left-handed, and so does Westl… --- ## [Elmo is now vaccinated against COVID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elmo-is-now-vaccinated-against-covid/967117)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elmo-is-now-vaccinated-against-covid/967117 "2022-06-30T18:15:57Z")
Sesame Workshop released a PSA about it yesterday. This means that Elmo is now protected against Muppet COVID, an extremely cute disease caused by muppet viruses made of tiny felt-covered ping pong balls with crescent m… --- ## [Codified discrimination against atheists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/codified-discrimination-against-atheists/967005)
**Author:** [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/codified-discrimination-against-atheists/967005 "2022-06-30T17:40:54Z")
While looking through some links reference is another thread (Politician saying 1st Amendment religious freedom does not include atheism) I came upon this gem from Article 19 of the Constitution Of The State Of Arkansas … --- ## [MLB: June 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2022/965499)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2022/965499 "2022-06-30T17:34:58Z")
Welcome to June, the temperatures and hopefully the baseball will start warming up! Continuing from the May thread. I hate to say the NL East looks like it’s almost a done deal for the Mets. The Braves should be better,… --- ## ["Official reading of the will" is this a real thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-reading-of-the-will-is-this-a-real-thing/966894)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-reading-of-the-will-is-this-a-real-thing/966894 "2022-06-30T15:22:12Z")
It’s a common scene in TV and movies: someone dies, usually someone very wealthy, and the family and others, still dressed like they came directly from the funeral, gather in a lawyer’s fancy office or some large stately… --- ## [I just want to say how grateful I am for this board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125)
**Author:** [@HorribleMutantBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorribleMutantBoy)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-to-say-how-grateful-i-am-for-this-board/967125 "2022-06-30T15:04:56Z")
I really appreciate the mature and down to earth atmosphere of this board. It’s a welcome respite from the seemingly constant anger that has infected the rest of the internet. Keep doing what you guys are doing. --- ## [Johnny Carson August 25 1987 deleted name in joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-carson-august-25-1987-deleted-name-in-joke/927105)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-carson-august-25-1987-deleted-name-in-joke/927105 "2022-06-30T14:32:56Z")
Watching Johnny Carson on Amazon Prime, I think its the 9th episode. During his monolog he jokes about the democratic candidates and makes a joke about (deleted) being the frontrunner. The name is deleted. Is there any… --- ## [So how many young women did you know, college & high school, who disappeared after finding themselves pregnant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-young-women-did-you-know-college-high-school-who-disappeared-after-finding-themselves-pregnant/966874)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-young-women-did-you-know-college-high-school-who-disappeared-after-finding-themselves-pregnant/966874 "2022-06-30T13:58:39Z")
I can think of 3 right off the bat. Just up and disappeared one day. One poor set of parents kept calling and calling me for information I didn’t have, since we’d been friends. 1st year college. She was afraid to tell th… --- ## [U.K. dopers, tell me about Glastonbury festival](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-k-dopers-tell-me-about-glastonbury-festival/966987)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-k-dopers-tell-me-about-glastonbury-festival/966987 "2022-06-30T13:29:13Z")
So, there are some major musical artists performing at Glastonbury. I’ve seen excerpts of Paul McCartney and the Pet Shop Boys. What exactly is Glastonbury? Is it like Woodstock and you camp out? Or do you leave the gro… --- ## [Abortion patient version of the Fugitive Slave Act -- would it be legally possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-patient-version-of-the-fugitive-slave-act-would-it-be-legally-possible/966805)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-patient-version-of-the-fugitive-slave-act-would-it-be-legally-possible/966805 "2022-06-30T13:03:11Z")
Is there any constitutional or legal reason there couldn’t be another federal law like the Fugitive Slave Act, but requiring blue states to cooperate in catching and returning people to red states because they are pregna… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1068) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1070)