# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1273 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1274 --- ## [Why do some people believe racism by liberals is the worst kind?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-believe-racism-by-liberals-is-the-worst-kind/855296)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-believe-racism-by-liberals-is-the-worst-kind/855296 "2021-11-30T18:33:31Z")
A spinoff of the Malcolm X thread. I don’t get why some people, whether blacks or whites or any other race, seem to believe that the racism that comes from liberal whites is the worst kind, supposedly even worse when co… --- ## [More Trumpian lawyers in potential trouble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-trumpian-lawyers-in-potential-trouble/946748)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-trumpian-lawyers-in-potential-trouble/946748 "2021-11-30T17:18:13Z")
I was unfamilar with this case, but a couple lawyers in Colorado filed a federal lawsuit back in December and now may face dicipliinary action. The lawyers names’ are Gary D. Fielder and Ernest John Walker. The lawsuit… --- ## [WiFi routers have improved a lot!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wifi-routers-have-improved-a-lot/955169)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wifi-routers-have-improved-a-lot/955169 "2021-11-30T16:53:03Z")
I recently bought a new WiFi router since my previous one got somewhat unstable after a firmware update and I realized it was about 8 years old at that point. The old one was a decent model at the time and the new one w… --- ## [Languages: Curious details you find interesting and who sets the rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/languages-curious-details-you-find-interesting-and-who-sets-the-rules/955197)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/languages-curious-details-you-find-interesting-and-who-sets-the-rules/955197 "2021-11-30T15:52:17Z")
Continuing the discussion from Pronunciation of non-English words in old movies: Vering away from the discussion on non-English words in old movies: Yes, I believe German would benefit from an official institution with … --- ## [Recommend a smart watch for emergency alerts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-smart-watch-for-emergency-alerts/955069)
**Author:** [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-smart-watch-for-emergency-alerts/955069 "2021-11-30T15:28:55Z")
While up in the attic changing the HVAC filter, it occurred to me that I (73 y.o. and live alone) really need a way to call for help to avoid the scenarios in \[Dying alone: what safety measures are feasible?\]. I don’t r… --- ## [Vancouver cut off from rest of Canada by road](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vancouver-cut-off-from-rest-of-canada-by-road/954433)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vancouver-cut-off-from-rest-of-canada-by-road/954433 "2021-11-30T14:57:00Z")
Mudslide has blocked Highway 99 due to incessant rain. Vancouver (and lower mainland) is inaccessible to Canada by road. --- ## [In which the Chicago Reader goes over to the dark side](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-the-chicago-reader-goes-over-to-the-dark-side/955158)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-the-chicago-reader-goes-over-to-the-dark-side/955158 "2021-11-30T14:09:01Z")
The co-owner of the Chicago Reader (at least its for-profit arm), attorney Len Goodman, has authored an article in the Reader that denounces Covid-19 vaccination for children. It is full of the usual antivax glop/conspir… --- ## [Mandatory vaccination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandatory-vaccination/946494)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandatory-vaccination/946494 "2021-11-30T14:00:28Z")
Do you think it’s coming? Do you think it’s necessary? “Angela Merkel says no plans for mandatory vaccines in Germany” She probably needs votes for anti-vax people for the elections in September '21. France makes vac… --- ## [Cold November Pain (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-november-pain-monthly-mini-rants/953625)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-november-pain-monthly-mini-rants/953625 "2021-11-30T13:48:26Z")
A new month, a new thread for griping about crap. --- ## [Origin of red and blue states](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-red-and-blue-states/955119)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-red-and-blue-states/955119 "2021-11-30T12:51:16Z")
How come the color red, which most people relate to communism, came to be associated with the Republican party? Same thing with the color blue, which I have mostly seen associated with right wing parties is the color of … --- ## [White House Christmas Decorations 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-christmas-decorations-2021/955146)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-christmas-decorations-2021/955146 "2021-11-30T12:44:14Z")
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/29/politics/white-house-holiday-decorations/index.html … East Wing communications director Elizabeth Alexander told CNN the idea for Biden’s theme was to showcase “things that unite and hea… --- ## [High Cost of Ammunition Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-cost-of-ammunition-question/954898)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2021, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-cost-of-ammunition-question/954898 "2021-11-30T12:24:21Z")
Obviously, and for the most part, supply and demand will determine the retail cost of products an services. That aside, I assume the cost to manufacture ammunition has changed very little. My question is who is profiti… --- ## [Is there any recourse for fiendishly obnoxious pop-up ads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-recourse-for-fiendishly-obnoxious-pop-up-ads/955124)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-recourse-for-fiendishly-obnoxious-pop-up-ads/955124 "2021-11-30T10:07:24Z")
I’m encountering a lot of pop-up ads lately where, if I click the X in the corner to get rid of it, it proceeds as if I’d clicked in the middle of the ad to expand it. Is there some central authority somewhere that handl… --- ## [How to fax without a fax machine (international)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fax-without-a-fax-machine-international/939102)
**Author:** [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2021, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fax-without-a-fax-machine-international/939102 "2021-11-30T06:13:00Z")
It seems that there are still financial services that require paper, or at least faxes. I have to fax something to Texas (U.S.) and I’m in Switzerland. So even if I had a fax machine, or went to the post office, it woul… --- ## [Speeding on toll roads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speeding-on-toll-roads/955132)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2021, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speeding-on-toll-roads/955132 "2021-11-30T05:33:53Z")
If you are driving on a toll road - one on which you need a transponder, or where your license plate is scanned - can you be ticketed (for speeding) for passing two checkpoints/entrances/exits (or wherever you are scanne… --- ## [Wow, you went dark. Dork Tower 11/29](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-you-went-dark-dork-tower-11-29/955145)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2021, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-you-went-dark-dork-tower-11-29/955145 "2021-11-30T05:13:59Z")
I love this strip, and today John knocked it out of the park. Had to share. --- ## [Question regarding the rotation and orbit directions of the moons Phoebe and Triton](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-rotation-and-orbit-directions-of-the-moons-phoebe-and-triton/955128)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2021, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-rotation-and-orbit-directions-of-the-moons-phoebe-and-triton/955128 "2021-11-30T04:44:22Z")
I’ve read contradictory information online concerning Saturn’s moon Phoebe and Neptune’s moon Triton. I’m trying to find out if: Triton’s rotation and orbit around Neptune are retrograde in direction or just its rotat… --- ## [As God Is My Witness, I thought Turkeys Could Fly! - A MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-thought-turkeys-could-fly-a-mmp/954756)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-thought-turkeys-could-fly-a-mmp/954756 "2021-11-30T04:11:55Z")
Well they can, if you ship them Next Day Air! :turkey: :airplane: American Mumper: Any holiday plans? Canadian Mumpers: Wondering why we’re celebrating 4 weeks late? Other International Mumpers: Any plans for an ordi… --- ## [Watts, volts and amps. I still don't get it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watts-volts-and-amps-i-still-dont-get-it/954692)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2021, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watts-volts-and-amps-i-still-dont-get-it/954692 "2021-11-30T03:31:59Z")
At Home Depot today in the Mid-Atlantic, I saw a battery-powered lawn edger/trimmer rated at 40 volts. Next aisle over, I saw an electric (corded) snowthrower that operates on 13.5 amps of AC current. Nearby were LED lig… --- ## [Omicron symptoms: not so ominous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omicron-symptoms-not-so-ominous/955048)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omicron-symptoms-not-so-ominous/955048 "2021-11-30T02:28:50Z")
Symptoms reported in that article are being tired and sore for a couple days with maybe a slight cough. No loss of smell or taste. If that is the usual course of Omicron, everybody’s getting worked up for nothing. --- ## [A story about Tracy and I](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story-about-tracy-and-i/955046)
**Author:** [@MrLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrLee)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story-about-tracy-and-i/955046 "2021-11-29T23:55:47Z")
tl;dr: When I was on holiday as a 15-year-old, a grown woman tried (and failed) to have sex with me Let’s rewind back to 1995 - I was an awkward 15 year-old boy on holiday with his parents and brother in an idyllic all-… --- ## [Rittenhouse after the verdict](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-after-the-verdict/955047)
**Author:** [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-after-the-verdict/955047 "2021-11-29T23:28:24Z")
So now that he has been cleared in the shootings. Regardless of ones opinion on the justification…how does the dust settle legally if he goes all lawsuit happy on various media outlets who were painting him in an extrem… --- ## [RIP David Gulpilil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-david-gulpilil/955148)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-david-gulpilil/955148 "2021-11-29T23:14:02Z")
I first saw David Gulpilil in The Last Wave. There was also Walkabout and of course The Right Stuff, among many other films. I always enjoyed his characters. --- ## [How do scientists figure out what happens in a living cell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-scientists-figure-out-what-happens-in-a-living-cell/955088)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-scientists-figure-out-what-happens-in-a-living-cell/955088 "2021-11-29T22:37:45Z")
There are all kinds of chemicals in cells and they are used for various purposes. I really wonder how they know the processes that happen in a cell. --- ## [An Addictive Game for NBA Fans Exists on the Internet! (also NFL/NHL, I guess)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-addictive-game-for-nba-fans-exists-on-the-internet-also-nfl-nhl-i-guess/954434)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-addictive-game-for-nba-fans-exists-on-the-internet-also-nfl-nhl-i-guess/954434 "2021-11-29T22:28:12Z")
Basketball GM This free one-player game allows you to play as an NBA general manager, attempting to assemble the perfect roster through drafts, trades and free agency. You can start as the manager of any team in any se… --- ## [SDOH? What's that? My doc says I need one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdoh-whats-that-my-doc-says-i-need-one/954690)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdoh-whats-that-my-doc-says-i-need-one/954690 "2021-11-29T21:06:08Z")
I just got the after-visit notes from my cardiologist. Among the other stuff was “SDOH Never done, overdue.” He didn’t mention it in the visit, and I’ve never heard of it before. --- ## [About 3 months until I get my hip replaced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-3-months-until-i-get-my-hip-replaced/954474)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-3-months-until-i-get-my-hip-replaced/954474 "2021-11-29T21:03:04Z")
Starting threads about hip replacements doesn’t seem to be the tradition that colonoscopy threads are. About 2 and a half years ago I had an event that basically fucked up the lower left quadrant of my body. My leg ende… --- ## [Shortness of breath, but no other symptoms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortness-of-breath-but-no-other-symptoms/937906)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortness-of-breath-but-no-other-symptoms/937906 "2021-03-15T11:02:16Z")
As of today, I’ve started to have some shortness of breath and it’s a little bit laborious to breathe, but I have no other Covid symptoms. No fever, no coughing, none of that. Has anyone gotten infected but only had a bi… --- ## [Golf - putters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golf-putters/954954)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golf-putters/954954 "2021-11-29T20:27:57Z")
Not a golfer. My ignorance needs to be fought on why a $300 Spider X putter would be any better than your basic putter. (especially shaped like the gold one, second photo) --- ## [Lemon, lime & bitters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lemon-lime-bitters/955090)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lemon-lime-bitters/955090 "2021-11-29T20:13:19Z")
I came across this drink while reading on Angostura bitters. Apparently considered a soft drink due to the small amount of bitters.Has anyone tried it? Walmart lists it but out of stock. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1272) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1274)