# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1184&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1185 --- ## [This Superbowl's Built-In Bias?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-superbowls-built-in-bias/960865)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-superbowls-built-in-bias/960865 "2022-03-11T16:30:54Z")
If you recall, towards the end of this Superbowl, on the many attempts by the Rams to get that last TD, there were two opposing penalties that negated each other. No TD was scored, and it was on 4th down, BUT! The refs … --- ## [How different are various IQ levels to each other, ie 100 vs 110,...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-different-are-various-iq-levels-to-each-other-ie-100-vs-110/960677)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-different-are-various-iq-levels-to-each-other-ie-100-vs-110/960677 "2022-03-11T15:35:00Z")
It’s hard to measure people strictly by their IQ, because not everyone has the same health challenges, not everyone has a stress free life due to their socioeconomic conditions and so on, however if we just looked at an … --- ## [Does the us still have a ban on using assassinations as a foreign policy option?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-us-still-have-a-ban-on-using-assassinations-as-a-foreign-policy-option/960820)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-us-still-have-a-ban-on-using-assassinations-as-a-foreign-policy-option/960820 "2022-03-11T15:18:49Z")
I know after CIA shenanigans in the 50s and 60s were exposed Gerald ford issued an executive order banning assassinations but I heard that either Clinton or bush overturned it but I don’t think it’s been done even after … --- ## [Fudging the Fudge Recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fudging-the-fudge-recipe/959025)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fudging-the-fudge-recipe/959025 "2022-03-11T14:49:03Z")
My wife made fudge - just plain fudge, no nuts. She’s made it before, but this time it has the consistency of Silly Puddy (for those who remember that product). She admits, it may have to chill a little longer. Do you th… --- ## [Accidental overdose of Fentanyl: Five dead in Commerce City Colorado](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidental-overdose-of-fentanyl-five-dead-in-commerce-city-colorado/959954)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidental-overdose-of-fentanyl-five-dead-in-commerce-city-colorado/959954 "2022-03-11T14:44:43Z")
So five people were at a party. They thought they were doing cocaine, but it was really fentanyl. All five died almost immediately. Nothing much to add; I did not know that was quite possible. Yikes. --- ## [The 2022 Iditarod Race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-iditarod-race/960579)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2022-iditarod-race/960579 "2022-03-11T14:28:07Z")
And they’re off! The Iditarod ceremonial start in Anchorage was yesterday, in a snow storm, appropriately. Lots of rookie mushers this year and a goodly number of women, along with six former race winners. Covid cancelle… --- ## [Grease on your stove: What is the best way to remove it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grease-on-your-stove-what-is-the-best-way-to-remove-it/960846)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grease-on-your-stove-what-is-the-best-way-to-remove-it/960846 "2022-03-11T14:11:25Z")
When asking about removing grease I am asking about removing a LOT of grease. Like you just cooked four steaks and some bacon and they spattered grease all over your stove. What is an efficient way to clean that mess u… --- ## [Ever use gloating to get a laugh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-use-gloating-to-get-a-laugh/960851)
**Author:** [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-use-gloating-to-get-a-laugh/960851 "2022-03-11T14:00:29Z")
Examples: Wife and I are getting popcorn at the theatre. We watch staff scoop hers from a bin of older popcorn, while mine is scooped hot and fresh from a machine that just finished a batch. As we walk away holding our … --- ## [Looking for a Latin term if there is one to designate land received by a Roman soldier in lieu of money](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-latin-term-if-there-is-one-to-designate-land-received-by-a-roman-soldier-in-lieu-of-money/960867)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-latin-term-if-there-is-one-to-designate-land-received-by-a-roman-soldier-in-lieu-of-money/960867 "2022-03-11T13:56:25Z")
I’m looking for a Latin term, if there is one, to describe land received by a Roman soldier in lieu of monetary compensation for military service. Did Pompeii serve as such? I remember reading somewhere that Roman soldie… --- ## [Something else we can all do to help Ukrainians perhaps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-else-we-can-all-do-to-help-ukrainians-perhaps/960852)
**Author:** [@civilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/civilis)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-else-we-can-all-do-to-help-ukrainians-perhaps/960852 "2022-03-11T13:53:54Z")
Why don’t Nato leaders advise their people the web addresses of Russian military and governmental institutions so that we can participate in denial of service attacks? --- ## [Tunnels under Irish sea with underground roundabout at Isle of Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tunnels-under-irish-sea-with-underground-roundabout-at-isle-of-man/960169)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tunnels-under-irish-sea-with-underground-roundabout-at-isle-of-man/960169 "2022-03-11T12:29:50Z")
Boris Johnson has this idea of connecting Scotland, England, and Northern Ireland (for some reason he missed Wales) by tunnels under the Irish Sea with a big roundabout under the Isle of Man. It seems to be an alternat… --- ## [Vaya con Dios, Luis. Emilio Delgado dead at 81](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaya-con-dios-luis-emilio-delgado-dead-at-81/960863)
**Author:** [@Hermione1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaya-con-dios-luis-emilio-delgado-dead-at-81/960863 "2022-03-11T10:59:28Z")
A sad day for 70s and 80s kids who grew up with old-school Sesame Street. Emilio Delgado, who played Luis for over forty years, has passed away at 81 from multiple myeloma. He was instrumental in Latino representation o… --- ## [Some great photographs of old New York, 1884-1904](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-great-photographs-of-old-new-york-1884-1904/937626)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-great-photographs-of-old-new-york-1884-1904/937626 "2022-03-11T08:00:58Z")
Very cool. The photographer clearly like taking pictures of people jumping - to demonstrate how well his camera could capture a fleeting moment, apparently. --- ## [What type of fighter plane should Canada purchase?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-fighter-plane-should-canada-purchase/960563)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-fighter-plane-should-canada-purchase/960563 "2022-03-11T04:01:35Z")
The main fighter jet in Canada’s arsenal is the CF-18, a land-based derivative of the F/A-18 Hornet. The planes were purchased in the 1980s and are nearing end of life. The possibilities to replace it are : Lockheed-M… --- ## [Barr: "I'll vote for Trump in '24, though I just wrote a book showing why no one should." Explain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barr-ill-vote-for-trump-in-24-though-i-just-wrote-a-book-showing-why-no-one-should-explain/960699)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barr-ill-vote-for-trump-in-24-though-i-just-wrote-a-book-showing-why-no-one-should-explain/960699 "2022-03-11T03:18:31Z")
What’s the thinking here? Bad as he is, any Democrat is worse? I’ll vote for any white supremacist? It’s fun to piss off the libs? Controversy sells books? I’m a dumbass? --- ## [What criticisms of society and culture do you have that aren’t necessarily political?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-criticisms-of-society-and-culture-do-you-have-that-aren-t-necessarily-political/960690)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-criticisms-of-society-and-culture-do-you-have-that-aren-t-necessarily-political/960690 "2022-03-11T03:11:19Z")
What criticisms of society and culture do you have that aren’t necessarily political? My example is how nostalgia and franchise obsessed people and the entertainment industry are. They’ve always existed but there’s been… --- ## [Keyboard command # stopped working](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-command-stopped-working/956659)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-command-stopped-working/956659 "2022-03-11T00:56:45Z")
I noticed this for the first time just a few days ago. The keyboard # command pops up a little dialog box, in which you can enter a desired post number, and it jumps directly to that post. This has stopped working. No… --- ## [When established performers join an established band. Usually as a replacement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-established-performers-join-an-established-band-usually-as-a-replacement/960796)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-established-performers-join-an-established-band-usually-as-a-replacement/960796 "2022-03-11T00:04:21Z")
It’s always kind of weird to me to see a seriously established performer join a famous band, and then the band will add their solo work to their set list. I can think of three examples. Joe Walsh in The Eagles. Now thi… --- ## [Very pure water dangerous to drink?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-pure-water-dangerous-to-drink/959706)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-pure-water-dangerous-to-drink/959706 "2022-03-10T23:50:18Z")
There is an article in today’s Times that claims that very pure water would burn your insides if you drank it. Can this be true. The article was about the making of the curling rink in Beijing. It said that the tap wa… --- ## [Given the current situation, what are the implications for someone who has a large amount of Russian and Russian-backed debt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-the-current-situation-what-are-the-implications-for-someone-who-has-a-large-amount-of-russian-and-russian-backed-debt/960559)
**Author:** [@MozeJose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MozeJose)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-the-current-situation-what-are-the-implications-for-someone-who-has-a-large-amount-of-russian-and-russian-backed-debt/960559 "2022-03-10T23:43:38Z")
Hypothetically, say I owed hundreds of millions of dollars to Russian banks, high-net-worth Russians and western banks that made loans backed with Russian collateral? In light of current events, what type of financial ch… --- ## [The Food That Built America (History Channel show)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-food-that-built-america-history-channel-show/960761)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-food-that-built-america-history-channel-show/960761 "2022-03-10T23:35:06Z")
I’m kind of surprised we haven’t had a thread on this series, as it is now in season 3. The first season just had 3 episodes, and each episode featured an era and business trends in food. The second season has 16 episod… --- ## [Oh Joy. I get Free Airfare for a Vacation WITH TRUMPISTS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-joy-i-get-free-airfare-for-a-vacation-with-trumpists/960691)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-joy-i-get-free-airfare-for-a-vacation-with-trumpists/960691 "2022-03-10T23:31:01Z")
Okay, there’s a lot of history to this story. Short summary, my aunt and uncle are paying my airfare for me to come see them in northern Georgia, close to Tennessee. I’m grateful, really I am. But my entire family are… --- ## [Mutual intelligibility of Russian and Ukrainian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mutual-intelligibility-of-russian-and-ukrainian/960765)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mutual-intelligibility-of-russian-and-ukrainian/960765 "2022-03-10T23:29:23Z")
Obviously inspired by current events. How much would two monolingual speakers be able to understand each other if at all. I realize lots of Ukrainians are likely to have at least a passing familiarity with Russian, (I … --- ## [Do any Dopers live in a place that has no name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-dopers-live-in-a-place-that-has-no-name/960636)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-dopers-live-in-a-place-that-has-no-name/960636 "2022-03-10T23:14:53Z")
In the context of this thread, “a place that has no name” refers to an unincorporated part of a county that’s residentially and commercially developed but lacks a specific and commonly used designation to identify it. Pe… --- ## [Is what's happening to Putin "cancel culture"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-whats-happening-to-putin-cancel-culture/960527)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-whats-happening-to-putin-cancel-culture/960527 "2022-03-10T22:28:38Z")
This is my issue with those who complain about 'cancel culture: it’s only cancel culture if you like the person being ‘canceled.’ Otherwise, it’s just “Good for the sonofabitch.” --- ## [Has anyone been to the aircraft museum in Colorado Springs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-been-to-the-aircraft-museum-in-colorado-springs/960785)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-been-to-the-aircraft-museum-in-colorado-springs/960785 "2022-03-10T21:03:59Z")
We’ve been to Dayton and D.C., my guy is a huge WWII aircraft buff. Worth it to go up there? It’s that or go see the 4th hangar in Dayton which wasn’t build when we went. --- ## [“The Entirely Unnecessary Demise of Barnes and Noble”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-entirely-unnecessary-demise-of-barnes-and-noble/808894)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-entirely-unnecessary-demise-of-barnes-and-noble/808894 "2022-03-10T20:28:08Z")
Can anyone comment on the accuracy of the deductions and claims of this post? It’s just one person, so I’m not taking it all as gospel yet, but it does make me think. Is the Amazon empire coming soon, thanks to B&N’s ex… --- ## [How to get to the first or last post (iPhone)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-the-first-or-last-post-iphone/960803)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-the-first-or-last-post-iphone/960803 "2022-03-10T19:51:49Z")
I saw this annoying commercial and thought, I know where I can post about it! So I opened the thread (on my iPhone) and it dropped me in the middle of a 3000 post thread (I guess I had read part of it before). So I tried… --- ## [Tidal tails make dark matter-less galaxies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tidal-tails-make-dark-matter-less-galaxies/960774)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tidal-tails-make-dark-matter-less-galaxies/960774 "2022-03-10T19:46:02Z")
Here’s a blog by an astrophysicist which I think says that tidal tails caused by two galaxies making a near pass to each other will result in a dark matter-less satellite galaxy. However he isn’t as clear on this as c… --- ## [You Don't Deserve a Break Today -- McDonald's closes its stores in Russia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-deserve-a-break-today-mcdonalds-closes-its-stores-in-russia/960696)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-deserve-a-break-today-mcdonalds-closes-its-stores-in-russia/960696 "2022-03-10T19:40:52Z")
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