# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1087&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1088 --- ## [How necessary is extreme youth prep for sports success?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-necessary-is-extreme-youth-prep-for-sports-success/966693)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-necessary-is-extreme-youth-prep-for-sports-success/966693 "2022-06-29T17:09:13Z")
(I’m trying not to make this a “back in MY day…” type post, so bear with me) When I was younger, most major sports were typically dominated by either high school competition, or a mix of high school AND club competitio… --- ## [Facebook Password?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-password/967116)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-password/967116 "2022-06-29T15:53:01Z")
I subscribe to a fb page, the moderator of which recently passed away. The password died with her. Other members want to moderate the page, but without the password this isn’t possible. Does fb have a policy/procedure t… --- ## [What are the penalties for assault that causes the death of an embryo/fetus in states that outlaw abortion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-penalties-for-assault-that-causes-the-death-of-an-embryo-fetus-in-states-that-outlaw-abortion/967008)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-penalties-for-assault-that-causes-the-death-of-an-embryo-fetus-in-states-that-outlaw-abortion/967008 "2022-06-29T15:48:11Z")
In the states that do or will outlaw abortion, do they have laws in place that state that assault of a pregnant woman which causes the death of a fetus is felony manslaughter/murder, the same crime as if they had caused … --- ## [Britons; what are you expecting when Charles becomes King?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britons-what-are-you-expecting-when-charles-becomes-king/957061)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 330\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britons-what-are-you-expecting-when-charles-becomes-king/957061 "2022-06-29T15:34:45Z")
Elizabeth II is ninety-five years old. I wish her the best but it’s inevitable that Charles will become King at some point in the foreseeable future. What do you think will be the results of this transition? What are pu… --- ## [Problems with a Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-a-crow/966812)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-a-crow/966812 "2022-06-29T14:03:10Z")
A couple of days ago, I went to the local corner store for a couple of things. It’s only about three blocks away, and is an easy walk. Halfway to the store, there is a birch tree. A crow sat up in the branches, cawing… --- ## [No more Elvis-themed weddings in Las Vegas chapels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533 "2022-06-29T13:50:26Z")
The licensing company that controls the name and image of Elvis Presley is ordering Las Vegas’s wedding chapels to immediately cease and desist from using Elvis impersonators in their ceremonies. The operators of these … --- ## [Do Native American tribes allow abortion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-native-american-tribes-allow-abortion/966851)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-native-american-tribes-allow-abortion/966851 "2022-06-29T13:35:14Z")
NC Cherokees allow medical pot but NC does not. They also own their land which is rare for a tribe BTW there are 400 US official tribes but vast majority are very small. I think if they allow abortions on their land … --- ## [Am I violating trademark law if I make customized facemasks for personal use (using corporate logos?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-violating-trademark-law-if-i-make-customized-facemasks-for-personal-use-using-corporate-logos/967057)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-violating-trademark-law-if-i-make-customized-facemasks-for-personal-use-using-corporate-logos/967057 "2022-06-29T13:23:27Z")
I found this neat seller on Amazon that makes customized facemasks (you just upload whatever photo you want.) If I were to use a photo of a corporate logo like Microsoft, Boeing, Apple, TSMC or Tesla, would I be violati… --- ## [Politician saying 1st Amendment religious freedom does not include atheism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politician-saying-1st-amendment-religious-freedom-does-not-include-atheism/966966)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politician-saying-1st-amendment-religious-freedom-does-not-include-atheism/966966 "2022-06-29T12:31:47Z")
I think I remember some years back that a Republican politician argued that the First Amendment does not give citizens the right to not practice a theist religion, it only prohibits the government from telling them which … --- ## [Would a US state want to join Canada, post-Roe? would Canada want one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-us-state-want-to-join-canada-post-roe-would-canada-want-one/966832)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-us-state-want-to-join-canada-post-roe-would-canada-want-one/966832 "2022-06-29T11:36:04Z")
This is a fork from the thread on the (alleged) coming US civil war, where @Aeschines stated: I have my doubts. Let’s assume for the moment that, say, the state of Washington, south of British Columbia, secedes from… --- ## [Downunder is awash with godless, curry eating, millennial migrants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downunder-is-awash-with-godless-curry-eating-millennial-migrants/967030)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downunder-is-awash-with-godless-curry-eating-millennial-migrants/967030 "2022-06-29T11:25:28Z")
The results of the most recent (2021) Australian 5 year census are now being released. Australia is growing quickly, principally through immigrations and is more diverse and less religious than 2016. Australia’s popula… --- ## [What Maxine Waters and Madison Cawthorn have in common](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-maxine-waters-and-madison-cawthorn-have-in-common/967052)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-maxine-waters-and-madison-cawthorn-have-in-common/967052 "2022-06-29T09:55:09Z")
They’re among the 1,048 Americans on Russia’s Shit, excuse me, Stop List (as of today) for offending Putin et al by criticizing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, or maybe just for dissing vodka in favor of other beverages. T… --- ## [Fetal citizenship and passports?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fetal-citizenship-and-passports/966965)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fetal-citizenship-and-passports/966965 "2022-06-29T09:07:40Z")
This assumes that the anti-abortion laws are based on the fetus is a person, as opposed to some moral obligation on women to produce a child once her body starts making one that compels her to complete it. What citizens… --- ## [Where do you start when a Singer has dozens of Albums?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-start-when-a-singer-has-dozens-of-albums/967076)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-start-when-a-singer-has-dozens-of-albums/967076 "2022-06-29T04:31:27Z")
George Strait has 29 Studio albums that include 44 No. 1’s :notes: Of these albums, 36 have received a certification of at least Gold from the Recording Industry Association of America, and five reached No.1 on the Bill… --- ## [Birth tourism and U.S. taxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birth-tourism-and-u-s-taxes/967009)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birth-tourism-and-u-s-taxes/967009 "2022-06-29T04:28:03Z")
Suppose a pregnant woman from Elbonia scores a plane ticket to the U.S., just so she can give birth to an American citizen. After the birth and getting her baby a birth certificate and U.S. passport, she goes back to Elb… --- ## [How to?: keystroke to maximize document (not application) window (MS Windows)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keystroke-to-maximize-document-not-application-window-ms-windows/967051)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keystroke-to-maximize-document-not-application-window-ms-windows/967051 "2022-06-29T04:26:35Z")
Every so often some errant keystroke de-maximizes the document window, leaving me staring at an application window with a foot of empty grey space around it and a document window about the size of this space where I’m ty… --- ## [Did Russia really default on their debt payment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-russia-really-default-on-their-debt-payment/966981)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-russia-really-default-on-their-debt-payment/966981 "2022-06-29T03:51:04Z")
In the news today was Russia defaulted on a debt payment. My question is, did they really default? I am having a difficult time getting all the details but, it seems to me, they didn’t. Certainly the bond payments did… --- ## [Creamerie (On Hulu in the US)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamerie-on-hulu-in-the-us/967074)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamerie-on-hulu-in-the-us/967074 "2022-06-29T03:10:07Z")
Anyone watched it? Wife and I noticed it in Hulu’s suggestions last week and watched all six episodes this weekend. Hilarious black comedy from NZ about a world where all men died eight years ago and the new society is … --- ## [Why is a tape player a "deck"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-tape-player-a-deck/966904)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-tape-player-a-deck/966904 "2022-06-29T02:21:30Z")
Why did we have tape decks, but not vinyl LP decks or CD decks? --- ## [Why does my nose often run while I defectate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-nose-often-run-while-i-defectate/492742)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-nose-often-run-while-i-defectate/492742 "2022-06-29T00:34:17Z")
I’ve noticed that often while I defecate, my nose begins to run. Why is this? --- ## [Do American School Children Leave Class When the Bell Rings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-american-school-children-leave-class-when-the-bell-rings/735707)
**Author:** [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-american-school-children-leave-class-when-the-bell-rings/735707 "2022-06-28T22:53:31Z")
Just something I’ve always wondered. In American tv shows going back to Happy Days and even My Three Sons, when the bell rings there is a great heave of movement as children erupt and leave the classroom. Never mind tha… --- ## [I need a recommendation for a better ringtone selector for Android than Tone Selector](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-recommendation-for-a-better-ringtone-selector-for-android-than-tone-selector/967070)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-recommendation-for-a-better-ringtone-selector-for-android-than-tone-selector/967070 "2022-06-28T22:43:41Z")
Tone Selector keeps resetting my call ringtone (but not my text ringtone) to default; it’s done it like 20 times and I’m over it. Can someone suggest a better one for me? --- ## [$7500 tax credit for some EVs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7500-tax-credit-for-some-evs/966928)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7500-tax-credit-for-some-evs/966928 "2022-06-28T19:55:09Z")
This is a credit against your taxes. I realize many EVs no longer qualify or it’s a reduced figure. It doesn’t carry over year to year. What line on the 1040 represents the figure the $7500 is offset against? The wife a… --- ## [White board software that can be shared](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-board-software-that-can-be-shared/966983)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-board-software-that-can-be-shared/966983 "2022-06-28T17:24:43Z")
Any suggestions on ‘White Board’ software. Something that you can make a quick diagram? Simple arrows and circles and text would be a good start. Free is best of course. Thanks --- ## [Controversial Topic: Why doesn't Covid feel like a "pandemic" as of recent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-topic-why-doesnt-covid-feel-like-a-pandemic-as-of-recent/966062)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-topic-why-doesnt-covid-feel-like-a-pandemic-as-of-recent/966062 "2022-06-28T16:54:19Z")
Even though Covid is still a part of our daily lives, along with some variants, I’m beginning to wonder if the “pandemic” phase of Covid isn’t as prevalent as of today (less lock-downs, quarantining, worldwide masking re… --- ## [Pride month! (2022) How're you celebrating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-month-2022-howre-you-celebrating/966600)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-month-2022-howre-you-celebrating/966600 "2022-06-28T16:47:00Z")
I live in Hilo, Hawaii, which I’m told by my LGBTQ+ friends is a good place to be if you fall outside heteronormative strictures. I’m a cis-gendered straight woman myself, so I would never presume to speak for anyone wh… --- ## [Statehood for D.C.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statehood-for-d-c/921442)
**Author:** [@razordance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/razordance)\ **Replies:** 426\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statehood-for-d-c/921442 "2022-06-28T16:01:11Z")
It’s in the Dems’ platform this year, which mean, if they take the WH and Senate, it will come up for a vote. Apart from the general silliness of making a State of the Union out of a single city – and we already have st… --- ## [What Do You Think Is “The Most Liveable City” (based solely on places you have personally visited)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-the-most-liveable-city-based-solely-on-places-you-have-personally-visited/966920)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-the-most-liveable-city-based-solely-on-places-you-have-personally-visited/966920 "2022-06-28T15:45:55Z")
The Economist publishes these annual “Liveable City” ratings, using arbitrary but plausible criteria and weightings to come up with lists that usually look pretty similar. Canadian cities do well. The Monocle favours c… --- ## [Iphone Restore Problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-restore-problem/966868)
**Author:** [@dauerbach1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-restore-problem/966868 "2022-06-28T14:45:24Z")
Trying to restore my new iphone to a backup made in May. When I go to itunes (on a PC) I do not get the little phone icon that will allow me to restore. A different iphone is not recognized either. I am signed in. It… --- ## [Any time difference when indirect grilling two whole chickens vs one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-time-difference-when-indirect-grilling-two-whole-chickens-vs-one/585953)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-time-difference-when-indirect-grilling-two-whole-chickens-vs-one/585953 "2022-06-28T14:02:02Z")
I’ve got a large charcoal Weber grill, and I’ve indirectly grilled dozens of whole individual chickens with great success, but I’d like to try grilling two at once. With one bird, it is usually done between an hour to 1… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1086&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1088&state=tracking)