# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1282 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1283 --- ## [cursed idol of Colonel Sanders retrieved from depths](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cursed-idol-of-colonel-sanders-retrieved-from-depths/489227)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cursed-idol-of-colonel-sanders-retrieved-from-depths/489227 "2021-11-19T22:46:46Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090311/ap\_on\_re\_as/as\_japan\_saving\_colonel\_sanders This is just eevil… --- ## [What does “de la frontera” in Spanish place names mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-de-la-frontera-in-spanish-place-names-mean/954606)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-de-la-frontera-in-spanish-place-names-mean/954606 "2021-11-19T22:43:31Z")
I’m currently travelling through Andalusia, and lots of place names end in “de la frontera”. I know, of course, that “frontera” means border, and I also know that it’s common in Spain to distinguish between different tow… --- ## [President Biden's Stroke/Aneurysm \[in 1988- edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bidens-stroke-aneurysm-in-1988-edited-title/954412)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bidens-stroke-aneurysm-in-1988-edited-title/954412 "2021-11-19T20:20:17Z")
(I assume the fact President Biden had a stroke a while back is common knowledge. So therefore I don’t need a cite. That having been said…) Now I have to be careful how I ask this question. But is there any way Mr. Bide… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad earworm. ( This is a new one on me)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-earworm-this-is-a-new-one-on-me/954585)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-earworm-this-is-a-new-one-on-me/954585 "2021-11-19T19:57:19Z")
I often have an earworm. Like lots of folks. Today I have what I’m calling a twofer. From Grease, Rizzos song: “Look at me I’m Sandra Dee, lousy with virginity” that morphs into “I ain’t missin’ you, I’m not missin’ yo… --- ## [What's making Facebook delete my posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-making-facebook-delete-my-posts/954645)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-making-facebook-delete-my-posts/954645 "2021-11-19T19:53:08Z")
Every single year-2021 post that I made on Facebook has been suddenly deleted as of today or yesterday (that is, posts made by me, on my own wall). I certainly didn’t delete them (they were important posts that I needed … --- ## [Sports Live Betting Technology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-live-betting-technology/954014)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-live-betting-technology/954014 "2021-11-19T19:45:58Z")
On my sports betting site, they now have vast options for live betting. I can literally bet on Italian Women’s Volleyball Serie B league games live, meaning with the game in progress. Any sport with even the scarcest f… --- ## [U.S. Losing War on Drugs: 29% Increase in Drug Deaths in Latest Year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-losing-war-on-drugs-29-increase-in-drug-deaths-in-latest-year/939981)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-losing-war-on-drugs-29-increase-in-drug-deaths-in-latest-year/939981 "2021-11-19T19:36:59Z")
More than 87,000 Americans died of drug overdoses over the 12-month period that ended in September, according to preliminary federal data, eclipsing the toll from any year since the opioid epidemic began in the 1990s… … --- ## [When Kevin McCarthy speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-kevin-mccarthy-speaks/947176)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-kevin-mccarthy-speaks/947176 "2021-11-19T18:03:51Z")
When Kevin McCarthy speaks, I think he sounds like he’s reading to children during story time at the public library. Oh wait. He is (the redumblicans). --- ## [Homemade sauerkraut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-sauerkraut/842586)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-sauerkraut/842586 "2021-11-19T17:42:14Z")
This weekend I made a gallon batch of sauerkraut following a recipe I saw on YouTube. The recipe called for 2 teaspoons of mustard seed, 2 tsp of caraway seeds, and 2 cloves of crushed garlic to be mixed into the shredde… --- ## [What is the objection to Biden's infrastructure bill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-objection-to-bidens-infrastructure-bill/954153)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-objection-to-bidens-infrastructure-bill/954153 "2021-11-19T17:18:21Z")
All but 13 Republicans voted against the newly-passed infrastructure bill. Even the Squad joined the mainstream Republicans in voting against it. What’s the objection to it? From Republicans and from AOC’s group? --- ## [Cutting and joining pipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-and-joining-pipe/954625)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-and-joining-pipe/954625 "2021-11-19T15:38:46Z")
Earlier this week I helped my sister take down and old clothes line. It consisted of two “T” posts with the clothes lines running between. The “T” posts were metal tubes about 2 1/2 or 3 inches in diameter. Where the … --- ## [NBC's La Brea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-la-brea/947527)
**Author:** [@Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retzbu_Tox)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-la-brea/947527 "2021-11-19T15:32:58Z")
Hot on the heels of cancelling Debris, NBC is advertising what looks like another upcoming science fiction McGuffin mystery type show. Over and over, network TV puts on shows like this that I think are interesting - Surf… --- ## [How would cryptographers break this type of code?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-cryptographers-break-this-type-of-code/953811)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-cryptographers-break-this-type-of-code/953811 "2021-11-19T15:28:16Z")
This is a code I once saw (or heard about) described somewhere, so it must be a known method, and it seems impenetrable to mathematical methods to me, but what do I know. You have a list of 50 books, numbered 01 to 50. … --- ## [Will Texas have another big snowstorm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-texas-have-another-big-snowstorm/954313)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-texas-have-another-big-snowstorm/954313 "2021-11-19T14:44:31Z")
As you know, Texas was hit by a freak snowstorm earlier this year, which caused the power grid to collapse. I’m worried it’ll happen again. Do you think it will? --- ## [A couple of questions for World War II historians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-world-war-ii-historians/954521)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-world-war-ii-historians/954521 "2021-11-19T14:26:07Z")
I have watched the first episode (“Blitzkrieg”) of the Netflix series Greatest Events of WWII in Colour. They said a couple of things that I hadn’t heard before. Are these things true? French reconnaissance said tha… --- ## [Did France change their flag, or at least the coloring of their flag?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-france-change-their-flag-or-at-least-the-coloring-of-their-flag/954469)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-france-change-their-flag-or-at-least-the-coloring-of-their-flag/954469 "2021-11-19T13:34:18Z")
Was listening to a brief blurb claiming that France changed their flag like a year ago. I guess they changed the blue color to a slightly darker blue color. Does anyone know if this is true and, if so, why they decided… --- ## [The mysterious ways of the YouTube algorithm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mysterious-ways-of-the-youtube-algorithm/954517)
**Author:** [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mysterious-ways-of-the-youtube-algorithm/954517 "2021-11-19T13:06:40Z")
Not sure if this is GQ or even IMHO, so mods please move if necessary. A couple of years ago I made a video doing some Irish music with a some friends which we flung on YouTube. Now, over a year after we first uploaded … --- ## [Fibonacci Numbers: Did Fibonacci just come up with the sequence as a lark? Or, did he derive it from something else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fibonacci-numbers-did-fibonacci-just-come-up-with-the-sequence-as-a-lark-or-did-he-derive-it-from-something-else/953879)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fibonacci-numbers-did-fibonacci-just-come-up-with-the-sequence-as-a-lark-or-did-he-derive-it-from-something-else/953879 "2021-11-19T09:16:40Z")
The subject kinda says it all. I know Fibonacci numbers are important and deeply embedded in the natural world (and other places too like finance). But, did Fibonacci come to the sequence because of other math and/or o… --- ## [Science Fraud: What are Western Blots and How can they be Faked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-fraud-what-are-western-blots-and-how-can-they-be-faked/953986)
**Author:** [@edwin\_klockars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwin_klockars)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-fraud-what-are-western-blots-and-how-can-they-be-faked/953986 "2021-11-19T04:36:22Z")
Recently, a young women with whom I’m acquainted (who tends not to have time/interest in explaining science to me) has gotten involved in a public battle over the authenticity of ‘Western Blots’ and speculation that an u… --- ## [Congressional embarrassments of yesteryear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressional-embarrassments-of-yesteryear/954522)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressional-embarrassments-of-yesteryear/954522 "2021-11-19T04:11:58Z")
Gosar with his cartoon, MTG and the mailslot, and accosting other congress persons, and any number of people supplicating to TFG. Is it just instant, 24/7 news and the web making these freaks visible? Who were the congre… --- ## [50 years on, Lenin still brooding over one of the most inaccessible places on Earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-years-on-lenin-still-brooding-over-one-of-the-most-inaccessible-places-on-earth/389038)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-years-on-lenin-still-brooding-over-one-of-the-most-inaccessible-places-on-earth/389038 "2021-11-19T03:48:38Z")
News reports indicate that a team of one Canadian and three Britons have reached the “Pole of Inaccessibility” - the spot in the centre of Antarctica that is farthest from any coast. And they did it on foot, and by kite… --- ## [Are the Braves the only franchise to win their league championship in three different cities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-braves-the-only-franchise-to-win-their-league-championship-in-three-different-cities/954459)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-braves-the-only-franchise-to-win-their-league-championship-in-three-different-cities/954459 "2021-11-19T03:08:32Z")
I know some teams have won in two different cities. But, the Braves won in Boston in 1914, Milwaukee in 1957, and Atlanta in 1995, and again this year. Does this make them unique among all franchises and professional s… --- ## [What might account for this strange recruitment experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-account-for-this-strange-recruitment-experience/954111)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-account-for-this-strange-recruitment-experience/954111 "2021-11-18T23:17:08Z")
Yesterday someone I know found a job ad from the national arm of a well-known international company. The ad was for an administrative assistant, with rather typical duties (arranging business travel, coordinating commun… --- ## [LED Christmas light string](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-christmas-light-string/954161)
**Author:** [@dauerbach1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-christmas-light-string/954161 "2021-11-18T22:41:59Z")
Bought about ten 200 bulb strings from Sams Club last year, they worked fine. Took them out this year and 9 out of 10 have at least some bulbs that don’t work. The problem seems similar in each. There is a short gree… --- ## [Democratic Party Seems Determined to Allow the Perfect to be the Enemy of the Good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-party-seems-determined-to-allow-the-perfect-to-be-the-enemy-of-the-good/951791)
**Author:** [@Temporary\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Temporary_Name)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-party-seems-determined-to-allow-the-perfect-to-be-the-enemy-of-the-good/951791 "2021-11-18T22:38:30Z")
I wish I could believe when the Dems are holding these urgent meetings they are just sipping tea and refining the moment when they pass both bills and get some Republicans to do . . . well anything on any issue. But the… --- ## [Monkey shine and other bad bad bad bananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-shine-and-other-bad-bad-bad-bananas/954269)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-shine-and-other-bad-bad-bad-bananas/954269 "2021-11-18T22:22:27Z")
We were traveling down the highway to Wally-world(you know: Walmart) This time it was Mid-daughter driving. She kinda pokes along. I was looking at stuff on the shoulder of the road. I’ve been known to stop and investi… --- ## [Are there bible verses that Jews and Christians disagree on the translation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-bible-verses-that-jews-and-christians-disagree-on-the-translation/951084)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-bible-verses-that-jews-and-christians-disagree-on-the-translation/951084 "2021-11-18T21:38:19Z")
So this came up on my social media: What verses is it referring to? Are there old testament verses where the traditional Christian translation is drastically different from th… --- ## [Was Christopher Columbus acting on any tips from prior travellers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-christopher-columbus-acting-on-any-tips-from-prior-travellers/939123)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-christopher-columbus-acting-on-any-tips-from-prior-travellers/939123 "2021-11-18T21:22:32Z")
Is there any credible evidence that Christopher Columbus was tipped off to the possibility of reaching “Asia” via the Atlantic from someone who had been there, e.g. Portugese fishermen or a source familiar with them? Or … --- ## [Ways of passing information between the State Department and overseas Ambassadors or officials dealing with foreign intelligence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-of-passing-information-between-the-state-department-and-overseas-ambassadors-or-officials-dealing-with-foreign-intelligence/954550)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-of-passing-information-between-the-state-department-and-overseas-ambassadors-or-officials-dealing-with-foreign-intelligence/954550 "2021-11-18T21:15:07Z")
Based on security reasons, usually how do US Ambassadors overseas communicate with and pass on information to the State Department? Thank you. --- ## [Recommend me a hammer drill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-hammer-drill/954208)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-hammer-drill/954208 "2021-11-18T18:47:49Z")
In our new house I’m going to mounting a bunch of shelving units into cinder block/masonry walls. There’s never a bad time to buy new tools, so I figure I’ll get a hammer drill to make the job go easier, and as my house… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1281) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1283)