# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1162 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1163 --- ## [Whatever happened to the huge debt Trump was going to face after leaving office?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-huge-debt-trump-was-going-to-face-after-leaving-office/959648)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-huge-debt-trump-was-going-to-face-after-leaving-office/959648 "2022-03-23T18:07:18Z")
Wasn’t outgoing President Trump facing collection of something like 400 million dollars a few months later? Summer of 2021 maybe? I think it involved heavily leveraged properties that had become much less profitable duri… --- ## [My Facebook account was hacked - how to restore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-facebook-account-was-hacked-how-to-restore/961203)
**Author:** [@HotDogWater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotDogWater)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-facebook-account-was-hacked-how-to-restore/961203 "2022-03-23T17:39:52Z")
So somebody got into my Facebook account and changed my email address and phone number. Now I cannot log in or secure my account, and every time I ask for a password change or reset the info goes to the hackers address. … --- ## [Think maybe we're going a little too far with sanctions against Russia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-maybe-were-going-a-little-too-far-with-sanctions-against-russia/961004)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-maybe-were-going-a-little-too-far-with-sanctions-against-russia/961004 "2022-03-23T15:17:49Z")
This is me speaking as someone who thinks that Putin’s war in Ukraine is a crime against humanity. But surely, the thousands of Russian citizens trapped overseas in tourist destinations with no access to their money and… --- ## [Illustrating my artwork](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illustrating-my-artwork/960943)
**Author:** [@shinnen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shinnen)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illustrating-my-artwork/960943 "2022-03-23T15:15:06Z")
Hi, I make elaborate stickpins and would like to show them. I don’t really want to go to the trouble of setting up my own website; and am wondering if anyone here has ideas as to where I might illustrate them? Thanks, … --- ## [The effects of hill climbing on EV range](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effects-of-hill-climbing-on-ev-range/961515)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effects-of-hill-climbing-on-ev-range/961515 "2022-03-23T15:09:00Z")
I’ve been driving my BMW i3 for 2.5 years, but next month for the first time I plan to take it on a long road trip. And not just any road trip … from the Bay Area to Reno, NV, which means climbing the Sierra Nevadas. L… --- ## [Arrival (seen it - open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrival-seen-it-open-spoilers/771366)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrival-seen-it-open-spoilers/771366 "2022-03-23T14:47:55Z")
The spouse’s company had a screening of “Arrival” last night so we went. . . . . . Spoiler space, but feel free to post open spoilers. . . . . . . . . I really enjoyed it. Good, smart sci-fi. It’s not an a… --- ## [AIs getting confused](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ais-getting-confused/960254)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ais-getting-confused/960254 "2022-03-23T14:41:56Z")
Is there a way to tell an AI that it’s getting confused? My main newsfeed is Google News, which is obviously compiled by an AI. This is obvious because it makes mistakes that humans would never do. Or at least no one who… --- ## [If George R.R. Martin finishes "Winds of Winter", will you read it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-george-r-r-martin-finishes-winds-of-winter-will-you-read-it/961044)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-george-r-r-martin-finishes-winds-of-winter-will-you-read-it/961044 "2022-03-23T13:25:24Z")
Let’s pretend it’s magical make-believe land, and George R.R. Martin has finished The Winds of Winter (book 6 of the Song of Ice and Fire series, or Game of Thrones for the TV watchers). Will you read it? Tell us why, an… --- ## [WW 2 peace talks still ongoing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww-2-peace-talks-still-ongoing/961506)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww-2-peace-talks-still-ongoing/961506 "2022-03-23T12:49:31Z")
Not a misprint. Russia and Japan never signed a treaty --- ## [Mothers really do ID very specific messages from baby cries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-really-do-id-very-specific-messages-from-baby-cries/961229)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-really-do-id-very-specific-messages-from-baby-cries/961229 "2022-03-23T12:10:12Z")
I just had a fun Skype chat with my adult son, whose 24th birthday is in a few days, in which he mentioned that the crows he feeds have a particular type of caw when he first puts out the food. This led me to confess th… --- ## [Mythological Monsters Killed Via Trickery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythological-monsters-killed-via-trickery/961448)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythological-monsters-killed-via-trickery/961448 "2022-03-23T11:45:37Z")
I’m looking for examples from myth or folklore of a monster being defeated by things such as getting it to jump into lava or off a cliff or even into a larger monster that eats it. Basically stuff that’s not “Hero stabs… --- ## [Tiny Desk Concerts (NPR Music) is awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-desk-concerts-npr-music-is-awesome/719829)
**Author:** [@Teach-me-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach-me-not)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-desk-concerts-npr-music-is-awesome/719829 "2022-03-23T07:50:49Z")
Links: website, Youtube It’s a tiny idea really, but amazingly executed. The tagline describes it best: Intimate video performances, recorded live at the desk of All Songs Considered Bob Boilen. I’ve been hooked on this… --- ## [TV shows with final episodes that completed the story line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-final-episodes-that-completed-the-story-line/961361)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-final-episodes-that-completed-the-story-line/961361 "2022-03-23T04:17:08Z")
No limited-run or mini-series please. I’m looking for shows with finales that resolve major issues enough to let viewers know that the series is over. For example, I remember a show I watched from first episode to last… --- ## [Really, how fast is the arctic circle shifting/shrinking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-how-fast-is-the-arctic-circle-shifting-shrinking/961540)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-how-fast-is-the-arctic-circle-shifting-shrinking/961540 "2022-03-23T03:19:15Z")
This is from Wikipedia “The position of the Arctic Circle is not fixed and currently runs 66°33′49.0″ north of the Equator. Its latitude depends on the Earth’s axial tilt, which fluctuates within a margin of more than 2… --- ## [Badx3 Beck is dealin' with an issue. At rehab](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badx3-beck-is-dealin-with-an-issue-at-rehab/961394)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badx3-beck-is-dealin-with-an-issue-at-rehab/961394 "2022-03-23T02:04:20Z")
Well, I was walking in the jail yard…erm…lovely courtyard at the rehab place. I sat on a bench and wasps were zooming and dive bombing me. I determined I’d be safer moving, so I did. I’m walking the trail looking for my… --- ## [Power versus Energy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-versus-energy/961407)
**Author:** [@Yosh99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yosh99)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-versus-energy/961407 "2022-03-23T01:39:17Z")
There’s a discussion in the Tesla group of FB where people are comparing the power of their batteries in kWh to the energy content of gasoline in BTU’s. They are saying the 120,000 BTU/gallon of energy content for gasol… --- ## [Canadians will get free Dental care](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-will-get-free-dental-care/961536)
**Author:** [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-will-get-free-dental-care/961536 "2022-03-22T22:11:18Z")
If it goes through it will be quite an amazing gift for Canadians. The NDP did a great turn here. I think its well worth giving their support to the Libs, even at the cost of an electoral weakening that comes with bein… --- ## [1989 Christmas Vacation/Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1989-christmas-vacation-simpsons-roasting-on-an-open-fire-open-spoilers/961520)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1989-christmas-vacation-simpsons-roasting-on-an-open-fire-open-spoilers/961520 "2022-03-22T21:03:18Z")
There are almost identical outdoor Christmas decorations scenes in both the Christmas Vacation film and the first Simpsons episode. Interesting that both works were released almost at the same time. Christmas Vacation wa… --- ## [Ukraine and Russia with Trump Still at the Helm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukraine-and-russia-with-trump-still-at-the-helm/959718)
**Author:** [@Temporary\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Temporary_Name)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukraine-and-russia-with-trump-still-at-the-helm/959718 "2022-03-22T20:29:52Z")
Preemptive summary: If Trump was still President, what would have happened in Ukraine, and would happen in the future? The wordy version: Based upon a profound and sincere belief that Donald J. Trump can take any situ… --- ## [Avatars disappearing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-disappearing/961466)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-disappearing/961466 "2022-03-22T19:58:03Z")
I notice this afternoon that avatars are not displaying for many posters who had them yesterday. Has anyone else noticed this? --- ## [The state of Record Labels these days (or how do you listen to music)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-state-of-record-labels-these-days-or-how-do-you-listen-to-music/961276)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-state-of-record-labels-these-days-or-how-do-you-listen-to-music/961276 "2022-03-22T18:20:32Z")
I ran across a cool record cover the other day, online. I really wanted to buy it (for the art and the music) but I have no record player. But it made me start thinking, how do record companies primarily sell music these… --- ## [What does hiring multiple defense attorneys do for a defendant like OJ Simpson?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-hiring-multiple-defense-attorneys-do-for-a-defendant-like-oj-simpson/961442)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-hiring-multiple-defense-attorneys-do-for-a-defendant-like-oj-simpson/961442 "2022-03-22T17:43:40Z")
When OJ was on trial in 1995, he spent $6 million of his own money to hire a team of 10 defense attorneys. Obviously, your average crime defendant can’t afford a team like this. But for those who can, is it generally mo… --- ## [What would you do if money were literally no object](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-money-were-literally-no-object/957616)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-money-were-literally-no-object/957616 "2022-03-22T17:04:25Z")
So Bezos, Gates, Musk, Zuckergerg and Buffett, all died in a misaligned ride on the new space-X capsule and are now on their way to pluto, surprisingly they left you as their sole heir. After doing the usual benevolen… --- ## [Dynata - Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dynata-why/961513)
**Author:** [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dynata-why/961513 "2022-03-22T16:03:55Z")
For the past week or so, our land line has been inundated with calls from “Dynata,” which I’ve discovered is some sort of public opinion gathering company. We block the calls, and block them again and again, and they kee… --- ## [Garlin Gone From Goldbergs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garlin-gone-from-goldbergs/956220)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garlin-gone-from-goldbergs/956220 "2022-03-22T15:37:22Z")
I first saw this story a couple weeks ago when Jeff Garlin gave an interview with Vanity Fair about the issue and claimed that he wasn’t fired and that his antics on set were just him being “silly.” Upon further reading… --- ## [What foods tend to fight diarrhea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-tend-to-fight-diarrhea/961310)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-tend-to-fight-diarrhea/961310 "2022-03-22T15:33:42Z")
I got a colonoscopy 11 days ago, with a 3-day prep regimen\*. Since then, I’ve gone back to my normal diet, but I haven’t had a solid poop since the “innuendo.” I called the clinic for advice. They told me to take Citruce… --- ## [Little Windows 10 help here? Grayed-out pagination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-windows-10-help-here-grayed-out-pagination/961511)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-windows-10-help-here-grayed-out-pagination/961511 "2022-03-22T15:27:00Z")
Suddenly the page numbers have disappeared from some documents, and the little icon (in the “Insert” tab) marked “page number” has gotten grayed-out, so i can’t access it. Anyone know how to fix this? Online tutorials ar… --- ## [Back spasms, pinched nerve. What is physically happening when you strain your back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-spasms-pinched-nerve-what-is-physically-happening-when-you-strain-your-back/961432)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-spasms-pinched-nerve-what-is-physically-happening-when-you-strain-your-back/961432 "2022-03-22T15:18:48Z")
Going through this now, the way it always happens. Twisted wrong while lifting, back goes “twang” and find myself limping and bent. It feels like a feedback loop of: muscle tightened/swollen → pinches nerve → causing m… --- ## [Would adding alcohol to a smoothie negate live culture yogurt benefits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-adding-alcohol-to-a-smoothie-negate-live-culture-yogurt-benefits/961464)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-adding-alcohol-to-a-smoothie-negate-live-culture-yogurt-benefits/961464 "2022-03-22T15:06:52Z")
I try to consume plain, live culture yogurt with some berries every day for health reasons. Recently it occurred to me that a fun variation on soldiering through my healthy fruit and yogurt bowl each morning would be an… --- ## [Here's a good idea (to give control of Instagram accounts to Ukrainians)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-good-idea-to-give-control-of-instagram-accounts-to-ukrainians/961449)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-good-idea-to-give-control-of-instagram-accounts-to-ukrainians/961449 "2022-03-22T14:57:55Z")
David Beckham (famous english soccer player) hands control of Instagram account (71M+ followers) to a Ukrainian Doctor. More celebs need to do this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1161) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1163)