# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1181 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1182 --- ## [It's happening again: we have another feral kitten hanging around!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-again-we-have-another-feral-kitten-hanging-around/960465)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-again-we-have-another-feral-kitten-hanging-around/960465 "2022-03-04T21:13:08Z")
A few years ago we had a bunch of feral kittens show up on our porch and ended up taking in two of them (old thread here: Anyone have experience taking in feral cats?) and they’ve been great cats ever since. There’s a n… --- ## [I found a hole in my yard. A really big, deep hole. Now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-hole-in-my-yard-a-really-big-deep-hole-now-what/960460)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-hole-in-my-yard-a-really-big-deep-hole-now-what/960460 "2022-03-04T21:08:31Z")
We bought a house last year and owing to the fact that the last owner – who was very elderly and was his wife’s primary caregiver to boot – passed away in May of 2019, little in the way of yard maintenance had been done … --- ## [Henry Blake's plane was shot down over the Sea Of Japan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-blakes-plane-was-shot-down-over-the-sea-of-japan/806031)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-blakes-plane-was-shot-down-over-the-sea-of-japan/806031 "2022-03-04T20:42:42Z")
This famous event in the TV Series MAS\*H… how likely was it? I will preface this by saying I am not a war or Korean War expert in any way. So feel free to correct me if necessary! However, based on what I know, it wou… --- ## [Amusing Animal parenting moments in photos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-animal-parenting-moments-in-photos/960467)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-animal-parenting-moments-in-photos/960467 "2022-03-04T19:23:41Z")
I enoyed this collection of photos. Cats have such strong expressions. They’re almost human. There’s other animals too. --- ## [Anna Netrebko fired from the Met Opera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-netrebko-fired-from-the-met-opera/960442)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-netrebko-fired-from-the-met-opera/960442 "2022-03-04T18:59:56Z")
Renowned Russian soprano Anna Netrebko has been let go from the Met Opera. Not because she’s Russian, but because she’s refused to distance herself from Vladimir Putin. I’ve always been a huge fan of Netrebko, and not m… --- ## [Serendipitous Arts/Entertainment Discoveries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serendipitous-arts-entertainment-discoveries/960424)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serendipitous-arts-entertainment-discoveries/960424 "2022-03-04T18:43:42Z")
In the year prior to covid I was looking through the various articles that surface in my phone’s newsfeed and there was one along the lines of “Dozer is one of the most under-rated stoner rock bands” or something along t… --- ## [Unintended consequences of Russian invasions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintended-consequences-of-russian-invasions/960065)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintended-consequences-of-russian-invasions/960065 "2022-03-04T18:28:34Z")
It’s my understanding that the 1979-1989 Russian invasion of Afghanistan is widely believed to have been a contributing factor in the rise, if not the creation, of Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and eventually ISIS. With the und… --- ## [Online Training sucks... especially the narrated slide show style](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-training-sucks-especially-the-narrated-slide-show-style/952766)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-training-sucks-especially-the-narrated-slide-show-style/952766 "2022-03-04T18:24:25Z")
Anyone else here really, REALLY hate the sort of “narrated slide show” style of training videos where some dork reads out what’s on the screen, but you can’t fast forward past it once you’ve read the short paragraph, and… --- ## [Paint damage on car -- can a detailing place fix this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paint-damage-on-car-can-a-detailing-place-fix-this/960432)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paint-damage-on-car-can-a-detailing-place-fix-this/960432 "2022-03-04T18:14:29Z")
I have to park outside. Lots of bird poop, twigs, leaves, and just nature in general. The parking spot gets some sun, but not a lot of direct sunshine. I noticed this brownish, rusty-looking stuff on the trunk of the car… --- ## [What happens if there's a long-term electricity outage that covers a large area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-theres-a-long-term-electricity-outage-that-covers-a-large-area/959829)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-theres-a-long-term-electricity-outage-that-covers-a-large-area/959829 "2022-03-04T17:36:00Z")
Although I haven’t seen anything recently, for a time there was a spate of articles claiming that the electrical grid in the US was susceptible to hacking. (Usually the article implied Russian hackers might do this.) A… --- ## [Substitute yogurt for sour cream in Beef Stroganoff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-yogurt-for-sour-cream-in-beef-stroganoff/960423)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-yogurt-for-sour-cream-in-beef-stroganoff/960423 "2022-03-04T17:21:46Z")
Title question pretty much says it all. In the eternal quest of ‘what to make for dinner tonight?’ I have mushrooms, onions, noodles and ground beef. So I’m thinking an easy Beef Stroganoff. But sadly, I do not have sour… --- ## [Heavy Metal (magazine)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-magazine/960388)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-magazine/960388 "2022-03-04T17:09:06Z")
Somewhere in the depths of my storage unit I have a collection of Heavy Metal magazines, from Issue 1 to… sometime in the late-'80s? Early- to mid-'90s? I had a subscription until they changed their format and I lost i… --- ## [Supreme Court agrees to hear case over death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber \[and upholds the sentence–edited\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-case-over-death-penalty-for-boston-marathon-bomber-and-upholds-the-sentence-edited/938437)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-case-over-death-penalty-for-boston-marathon-bomber-and-upholds-the-sentence-edited/938437 "2022-03-04T16:57:25Z")
Here is an early story on it. He is guilty as heck. He and his brother killed three people. Further, the Supreme Court is stacked to the max. It looks bad for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. That being said, I think I am still opp… --- ## [Anyone else smell Trump had a hand in the Russian invasion of the Ukraine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-smell-trump-had-a-hand-in-the-russian-invasion-of-the-ukraine/960113)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-smell-trump-had-a-hand-in-the-russian-invasion-of-the-ukraine/960113 "2022-03-04T16:47:55Z")
Didn’t Trump meet with Putin and have several closed doors meetings? and remove our troops from our NATO allies? And met with the Taliban to setoff a ‘timebomb’ of our withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan? And try to … --- ## [New movie version of Cyrano](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-version-of-cyrano/953813)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-version-of-cyrano/953813 "2022-03-04T16:14:14Z")
I just happened to see the trailer for this new movie. I must lead by noting that Cyrano de Bergerac is probably my favorite play ever. It is a drama, a comedy, a romance and a tragedy. The 1950 movie with Jose Ferrer is… --- ## [Would This Travel Itinerary Arouse Suspicion (better explained in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-travel-itinerary-arouse-suspicion-better-explained-in-op/960354)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-travel-itinerary-arouse-suspicion-better-explained-in-op/960354 "2022-03-04T15:50:16Z")
My elderly mother is flying from Home to Destination. She’s terrified of flying so she’ll be on an anti-anxiety medicine, and she’s concerned she’ll be so mellow at the airport that she won’t remember to actually get on … --- ## [Graphing: x- and y- intercepts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphing-x-and-y-intercepts/960265)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphing-x-and-y-intercepts/960265 "2022-03-04T13:12:50Z")
Is this really only relevant if you have to manually graph a line or curve on graph paper, or does it have some mathematical significance? IOW is it a theoretical or practical matter? --- ## [Why was Trump rushed in and out of Walter Reed Hospital, if not (the official explanation) Covid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-trump-rushed-in-and-out-of-walter-reed-hospital-if-not-the-official-explanation-covid/960281)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-trump-rushed-in-and-out-of-walter-reed-hospital-if-not-the-official-explanation-covid/960281 "2022-03-04T08:20:15Z")
From the “belief w/o evidence” thread, where I asked for the likeliest explanations yet offered. Trump had an amazingly short bout of “Covid” and a fast full recovery, so people doubted he was treated for Covid at all. A… --- ## [Can Putin keep Ukraine (if he takes it)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-putin-keep-ukraine-if-he-takes-it/960420)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-putin-keep-ukraine-if-he-takes-it/960420 "2022-03-04T05:51:00Z")
Is he prepared to, Nazi-like, wipe out entire villages if Ukrainian snipers pick off Russians? --- ## [Just one more reason to love Buzz Aldrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-one-more-reason-to-love-buzz-aldrin/960244)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-one-more-reason-to-love-buzz-aldrin/960244 "2022-03-04T02:56:47Z")
Maybe not the first on the Moon, but a pioneer in so many other ways… --- ## [Help me identify this 1970s late night TV episode on which Ray Charles was a guest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-1970s-late-night-tv-episode-on-which-ray-charles-was-a-guest/960135)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-1970s-late-night-tv-episode-on-which-ray-charles-was-a-guest/960135 "2022-03-04T02:22:25Z")
(Late night TV: I feel like it has to be either SNL or Fridays, but I can’t confirm the episode for either one.) At some point in the late 1970s, I was watching a weekend late-night comedy sketch show, and Ray Charles … --- ## [What, objectively, was better with the economy under Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-objectively-was-better-with-the-economy-under-trump/960409)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-objectively-was-better-with-the-economy-under-trump/960409 "2022-03-04T00:18:58Z")
How much a US president can impact the economy, especially within their first 4-year term, is the topic of many debates. When we consider all the factors and players that contribute to fiscal policy and the independence… --- ## [Beforeigners on HBO (open spoilers for first two seasons after OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beforeigners-on-hbo-open-spoilers-for-first-two-seasons-after-op/960069)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beforeigners-on-hbo-open-spoilers-for-first-two-seasons-after-op/960069 "2022-03-03T23:59:02Z")
A recent episode of the Imaginary Worlds podcast clued me on to Beforeigners, a Norwegian sci-fi/fantasy show I had previously heard nothing of. It sounded intriguing, so I basically binged the first two seasons. And wow… --- ## [Republican Rep admits affair with "former jihadist"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-rep-admits-affair-with-former-jihadist/960382)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-rep-admits-affair-with-former-jihadist/960382 "2022-03-03T23:15:36Z")
Not sure this warrants its own thread, but it was too good to not post – Texas Republican Congressman Van Taylor ended his reelection campaign because it came out that he had an affair with and paid hush money to a woman… --- ## [Electrons, Muons, and Taus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrons-muons-and-taus/960178)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrons-muons-and-taus/960178 "2022-03-03T22:55:22Z")
My understanding of current theory is that electrons are excitations in the electron field that, let’s say, “twists it into some kind of knot.” Are muons and taus, then excitations of their own fields, or might they be … --- ## [Wasp, bees won't sting if you hold your breath](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasp-bees-wont-sting-if-you-hold-your-breath/587120)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasp-bees-wont-sting-if-you-hold-your-breath/587120 "2022-03-03T22:37:33Z")
My grandmother told me this when I was a kid. Hold your breath and a curious wasp or bee won’t sting. Closes your pores and they can’t sting you. Also, you tend to stand still when holding your breath. :smiley: This o… --- ## [Van life and taxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-life-and-taxes/960360)
**Author:** [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-life-and-taxes/960360 "2022-03-03T22:26:15Z")
So, this van life thing seems to be taking off a bit these days. I don’t know what percentage of young folks are taking it up, but it certainly seems as though it is far more popular and also far more practical than it w… --- ## [Annoying thread scrolling problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-thread-scrolling-problem/960308)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-thread-scrolling-problem/960308 "2022-03-03T21:37:52Z")
For a while now (months, at least), I have been getting a weird problem where I’ll visit a thread, scroll through a dozen posts or so, and then suddenly Discourse scrolls me back up to the place where I’d started reading… --- ## [Does the Don't Talk About Your Ignore List rule cover muting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-dont-talk-about-your-ignore-list-rule-cover-muting/960201)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-dont-talk-about-your-ignore-list-rule-cover-muting/960201 "2022-03-03T20:30:11Z")
I know I’m not allowed to talk about the specifics of my ignore list outside the Pit. Does the same go for if I’ve just muted notifications from someone, but they’re not actually on my ignore list i.e. I still see their… --- ## [Tax software questions/recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-software-questions-recommendations/960417)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-software-questions-recommendations/960417 "2022-03-03T20:12:31Z")
This year I cannot use Turbotax. Does any tax preparation software exist that isn’t online (loading my info to their servers)? In the past, I could buy a Turbotax disk and install it on my home PC. Now, I must use my … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1180) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1182)